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Elveden, Walter (d. in or before 1360), ecclesiastic and astrologer

Keith Snedegar

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published in print September 2004 |
Published online September 2004 | e-ISBN: 9780198614128 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/39192

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Elveden, Walter (d. in or before 1360), ecclesiastic and astrologer, is first recorded as a scholar at Cambridge, probably of Gonville Hall. As a student Elveden had an inclination toward astrology, drafting a table of planetary 'lords of the month' for the period 1332–57. He also compiled an almanac, his ...

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