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Albertus Magnus, c.1200-1280.
St. Albertus Magnus, or "Albert the Great", was a German Scholastic philosopher, known as Doctor Universalis.
A native of Swabia, Albertus Magnus studied at the University of Padua, and subsequently joined the Dominican Order of Preachers in 1223. He proceeded to teach theology at a variety of cathedral and monastery schools in Germany, notably Cologne. It was during his stay at Cologne that he met the young Thomas Aquinas, who would remain a lifelong disciple.
In 1245, Albert Magnus (accompanied by Aquinas) moved to Paris, for his doctorate, and, in 1248, returned to the newly-founded Studium in Cologne, to take up office of Regent, with Aquinas as his lieutenant. In 1250, Albert, assisted by Aquinas grew, drafted a curriculum of study for Dominican Regulars and in 1254, participated in the defense of the Regulars in the great conflict of the 1250s, and was elected provincial general of the Dominican order for Germany in 1254. He would go on later become (briefly) Bishop of Regensburg.
Albertus Magnus (the "Universal Doctor") was one of the first European commentators on Aristotle (coming on the heels of Grosseteste's translation), including his economics. His pupil, Thomas Aquinas, would carry on that legacy.
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