Alcuin

Picture: Middle Alcuin of York (Latin: Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus)—also called Ealhwine, Alhwin or Alchoin—was an English 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 the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and '90s. Born: c. 735 Died: 19 May 804