Alcuin, English monk and scholar (born 735)

Alcuin

8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher

Alcuin of York, also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at…