William, of Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286

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Name (Hebrew)
וילם, ואן מורבקה, 1215 בערך-1286
Name (Latin)
William, of Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286
Other forms of name
Guilelmus, de Moerbeka, approximately 1215-1286
Guilelmus, de Morbeca, approximately 1215-1286
Guilelmus, of Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286
Guillaume, de Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286
Guillelmus, de Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286
Guillelmus, de Morbecca, approximately 1215-1286
Gulielmus, de Morbeka, approximately 1215-1286
Gulielmus, de Murbeka, approximately 1215-1286
Wilhelm, von Moerbeka, approximately 1215-1286
Wilhelmus, Brabantinus Chorinthiensis, approximately 1215-1286
nnea William, of Moerbeke, ca. 1215-1286
Moerbeka, Guilelmus de, approximately 1215-1286
Moerbeke, Guillaume de, approximately 1215-1286
Moerbeke, William of, approximately 1215-1286
Morbeca, Guilelmus de, approximately 1215-1286
Morbeka, Gulielmus de, approximately 1215-1286
Mörbeke, Wilhelm von, approximately 1215-1286
Murbeka, Gulielmus de, approximately 1215-1286
Willem, of Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286
Willem, van Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286
William, of Moerbeke, ca. 1215-1286 a
nnaa Guilelmus, of Moerbeke, d. 1286
Guilelmus, of Moerbeke, ca. 1215-1286
Guillelmus, de Moerbeke, ca. 1215-1286
Guillaume, de Moerbeke, ca. 1215-1286
Moerbeke, Guillaume de, ca. 1215-1286
Willem, van Moerbeke, ca. 1215-1286
Wilhelm, von Moerbeka, ca. 1215-1286
Wilhelmus, Brabantinus Chorinthiensis, ca. 1215-1286
Guillelmus, de Morbecca, ca. 1215-1286
Moerbeke, William of, ca. 1215-1286
Mörbeke, Wilhelm von, ca. 1215-1286
Morbeka, Gulielmus de, ca. 1215-1286
Murbeka, Gulielmus de, ca. 1215-1286
Gulielmus, de Morbeka, ca. 1215-1286
Gulielmus, de Murbeka, ca. 1215-1286
וילאם, ממורבקה, 1215 בערך-1286
Date of birth
1215
Date of death
1286
Other associated place
Moerbeke (Belgium)
Associate group
Dominicans
Occupation
Diplomats
Bishops
Classicists
Translators
Associated Language
lat
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2471391
Wikidata: Q538267
Library of congress: n 82154575
OCoLC: oca00850572
Sources of Information
  • from Allgemeine deutsche Biographie (ADB): (Mörbeke, Wilhelm von; also Gulielmus de Morbeka or de Murbeka; in 1278, he was named archbishop of Corinth; he died not long after 1281 ( (Deutsche Biographie, viewed online on December 5, 2022) )
  • Deutsche Nationalbibliothek online catalog, viewed December 5, 2022(authorized access point: Wilhelm, von Moerbeke; other data in authority record: translator and archbishop; born 1215; died 1286)
  • Willem van Moerbeke; Latin form of name: Guillelmus de Morbeka; born circa 1215 in Moerbeke; died circa 1286 in Corinth; Flemish cleric, diplomat and translator; Dominican monk; known for his Latin translations of the works of Aristotle ( (Dutch Wikipedia, viewed June 21, 2021) )
  • Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th edition(William of Moerbeke, ca. 1215-ca. 1286, archbishop and classical scholar, noted for his Latin translations of the Greek works of Aristotle and of other early Greek writers)
  • Encyclopedia of philosophy, 1967(William of Moerbeke, ca. 1215-ca. 1286)
  • GoffA-1046 (Guilelmus de Morbeca)
  • Grand Larousse encyclopédie, 1962(Guillaume de Moerbeke, 1215, Corinthe?-1286, dominicain et évêque en Belgique)
  • ISTC(Guilelmus de Moerbeka)
  • New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition, 2003:volume 14, page 744 (William of Moerbeke; Dominican archbishop and translator; born ca. 1215 in Moerbeke, Belgium; died 1286 in Corinth; although he is sometimes described as a native of Flanders or Brabant, because of the border town in which he was born, he belonged to the Dominican priory of Ghent; he was sent to the priory in Thebes, Greece, in 1260; on April 9, 1278, he was appointed archbishop of Corinth by Pope Nicholas III; he resided in Corinth until his death, presumably in 1286)
  • Nieuwe Winkler Prins encyclopedie, 1977(Willem van Moerbeke, ca. 1215-1286)
  • Proclus. Commentaire sur le Parménide de Platon. Volume 1, 1982:title page (traduction de Guillaume de Moerbeke)
  • Proclus. Elementatio theologica, 1987:title page (Guillelmo de Morbecca)
  • Rudberg, Gunnar. Textstudien zur Tiergeschichte des Aristoteles, 1908:page i (nach der Übersetzung Wilhelms von Moerbeka)
  • Rudberg, G. Textstudien zur tier geschichte des Aristoteles, 1908.
  • Proclus. Commentaire sur le Parménide de Platon, 1982- :v. 1, t.p. (Guillaume de Moerbeke)
  • Grand Larousse encycl., c1962(Guillaume de Moerbeke, 1215, Corinthe?-1286, dominicain et évêque en Belgique)
  • Nieuwe Winkler Prins encycl., 1977(Willem van Moerbeke, ca. 1215-1286)
  • Encycl. Brit., 15th ed.(William of Moerbeke, ca. 1215-ca. 1286, archbishop and classical scholar, noted for his Latin translations of the Greek works of Aristotle & of other early Greek writers)
  • Proclus. Elementatio theologica, 1987:t.p. (Guillelmo de Morbecca)
  • New Cath. encyc.(William of Moerbeke, Dominican archbishop, translator, ca. 1215-1286)
  • Encyc. of philosophy, c1967(William of Moerbeke, ca. 1215-ca. 1286)
  • ADB(Mörbeke, Wilhelm v. (Gulielmus de Morbeka or de Murbeka), d. not long after 1281)