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Pierre Abélard (1079-1142) A scholastic philosopher and theologian. He is the virtual founder of the University of Paris. Abélard first established schools independent of the monastic and episcopal schools and thus could be called the father of all modern universities.
John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 622. (Abélard and Héloïse.)
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