Grosseteste

/ ˈɡrəʊsˌtɛst /

noun

1. GrossetesteRobert?11751253MEnglishRELIGION: clergymanMISC: scholar Robert. ?1175–1253, English prelate and scholar; bishop of Lincoln (1235–53). He attacked ecclesiastical abuses and wrote commentaries on Aristotle and treatises on theology, philosophy, and science

Example Sentences

Duncan locates the origins of the index in the 13th century, when the English polymath Robert Grosseteste — poet, lecturer, preacher, statesman — created his “Tabula,” so that he could efficiently access the many sources for his vast store of knowledge.

From New York Times

There he would have found Grosseteste’s brief exposition of the one-sphere theory.

From Literature

After the discovery of a new continent, however, the outmoded view of Grosseteste once again became respectable among the philosophers.

From Literature

Grosseteste’s own practice demonstrates a remarkable indifference to experimental procedure; thus he formulated a general principle of refraction, but he simply assumed that it must, like the law of reflection, involve equal angles, and never conducted the elementary tests which would have shown that this assumption was misplaced.

From Literature

He produced a new theory of the rainbow which emphasized the role of refraction, where Aristotle had only mentioned reflection; but there is no evidence that Grosseteste ever conducted experiments to test his theory.

From Literature