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Line 1: − {{merge from|William of Occam}}+ − '''William of Ockham''' (c. 1287 - c. 1347) was a late Medieval philosopher and Franciscan friar originally from England. He studied at London and Oxford. <ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ockham/</ref>
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'''William of Ockham''' (1288 AD to 1348 AD) was a late Medieval [[Franciscan]] philosopher and friar originally from England.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ockham/</ref> He studied at London and Oxford. He is best known for the development of [[Occam’s razor]], but he had many other important theories, causing him to be regarded as, along with [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]] and [[John Duns Scotus]], as one of the most significant medieval philosophers<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ockham/</ref>.
===Philosophical thought===
===Philosophical thought===