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English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
Also known as: Wilhelm von Ockham, Guilelmus de Ockham, Wilhelm von Occam, William of Oakham, William of Occam, William von Ockham
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Bonaventure1221–1274ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetFranciscan scholastic theology rooted in the same order's intellectual tradition. (AI reason)
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