About John of Reading
Lived 1250 – 1346 (aged 95–96). John of Reading was an English philosopher.
John of Reading (; – 1346) was an English Franciscan theologian and scholastic philosopher. He was an early opponent of William of Ockham, and a follower of Duns Scotus.
Career John of Reading was ordained subdeacon at Northampton on September 20, 1292. He was made deacon at Dunstable in 1294.
He earned his doctorate of theology at University of Oxford by 1321.
In 1322 he moved to a teaching position at Avignon, then the seat of the Avignon Papacy. Reading is buried at Avignon.
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