Robert Grosseteste

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Robert Grosseteste born?Circa 1168-1170
2. Where was Robert Grosseteste born?Suffolk, England
3. What is the career?Scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist, Chancellor of Oxford University, and Bishop of Lincoln
4. What is the death?October 8 or 9, 1253
5. Who was Robert Grosseteste?He was a medieval thinker from England who studied and taught at Oxford and later became the Bishop of Lincoln.
6. What did he discover about light?He said light was the first thing created and explained how a single point of light could spread to form the universe.

Empirical Observation: Gathering knowledge through direct experience and sensory evidence.
Cosmology: The study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe.
Optics: The branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light.