Richard Kilvington
British philosopher
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| Intro | British philosopher | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Philosopher Educator | |
| Work field | Academia Philosophy | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1305 | |
| Death | 1 January 1361 (aged 56 years) |
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Richard Kilvington (c. 1302-1361) was an English scholastic philosopher at the University of Oxford. His surviving works are lecture notes from the 1320s and 1330s. He was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He was involved in a controversy over the nature of the infinite, with Richard FitzRalph, of Balliol College.
In the 1340s he worked for Richard of Bury, bishop of Durham.