List of Famous people with last name Conches

Peter of Courtenay, Lord of Conches

First Name Peter

Last Name Conches

Born on January 1, 1218

Died on January 1, 1201

Peter of Courtenay (French: Pierre de Courtenay was a French knight and a member of the Capetian House of Courtenay, a cadet line of the royal House of Capet. From 1239 until his death, he was the ruling Lord of Conches and Mehun-sur-Yèvre.

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William of Conches

First Name William

Last Name Conches

Born on January 1, 1080

Died on January 1, 1154 (aged 74)

Born in France, Normandy

William of Conches was a French scholastic philosopher who sought to expand the bounds of Christian humanism by studying secular works of the classics and fostering empirical science. He was a prominent member of the School of Chartres. John of Salisbury, a bishop of Chartres and former student of William's, refers to William as the most talented grammarian after Bernard of Chartres.

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