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William of Ockham
English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 1287
- Died
- 9 April 1349
- Place of birth
- Ockham
- Place of death
- Munich
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- William
- Movement
- nominalism, scholasticism
- Field of work
- epistemology, metaphysics, theology
- Occupation
- philosopher, theologian, logician, physicist, writer, friar, university teacher, opinion journalist, monk, Catholic theologian
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Native language
- Middle English
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- birth name
- Guilelmus Occhamus, William of Ockham
- convicted of
- flight
- described by source
- Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Otto's encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Catholic Encyclopedia
- educated at
- Merton College, University of Oxford
- employer
- University of Oxford
- influenced by
- Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Anselm of Canterbury
- languages spoken, written or signed
- medieval Latin, Middle English
- name in native language
- William of Ockham
- notable work
- Sum of Logic, De connexione virtutum, Tractatus de praedestinatione et de praescientia dei respectu futurorum contingentium, Dialogus
- religious order
- Franciscans
- student
- Jean Buridan, Adam de Wodeham
- student of
- Duns Scotus, Henry of Harclay
- writing language
- medieval Latin
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