Alfred
849 – 899
English

King of Wessex. He protected what later became Christian England, expressed an uncommon concern for the common people, personally translated books and nurtured learning.

Contemporaries
800–870al-Kindi
870–950Mohammed al-Farabi
800–850al-Khwarizmi
874–936al-Ashari
890–969St. Olga
806–882Hincmar
810–877John Scotus Erigena
812–886Basil I
787–885Albumazar