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"Dust, worms and ashes now ..... my name, wisdom that I have always loved, Pray, reader, for my soul " is the epigraph on the tombstone of which person, the most influential teacher and scholar at the court of Emperor Charlemagne?

Question #148429. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated May 02 2021.
Originally posted May 02 2021 2:39 PM.

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Alcuin of York (c.735-804) was a scholar, clergyman, poet from York, North Umbria.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin

May 02 2021, 3:18 PM
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