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Adelard (or Athelard)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Adelard (Or Athelard),
an English Benedictine monk who flourished about A.D. 1150, resided at Bath and became a member of the celebrated monastery of that city. He travelled into Egypt and Arabia; and translated Euclid's Elements out of Arabic into Latin before any Greek copies were discovered; also wrote several mathematical and medical treatises, which remain at Oxford in MS.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Adelard (or Athelard)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/adelard-or-athelard.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.