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Thomas Bradwardine
1349Aug, 26

Thomas Bradwardine

Thomas Bradwardine, English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1290)
Thomas Bradwardine (c. 1300 – 26 August 1349) was an English cleric, scholar, mathematician, physicist, courtier and, very briefly, Archbishop of Canterbury. As a celebrated scholastic philosopher and doctor of theology, he is often called Doctor Profundus (medieval epithet, meaning "the Profound Doctor").

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Events on 1349

  • 9Jan

    Basel massacre

    The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
  • 17Apr

    Hasan II (Bavandid ruler)

    The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II.
  • 24Aug

    Bubonic plague

    Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.[1]