 Eilmer of Malmesbury: Encyclopedia II - Eilmer of Malmesbury - EilmerEilmer was a monk of Malmesbury Abbey who studied mathematics and astrology. All that we know of him is told by a fellow-monk William of Malmesbury, writing around 1125 in his De Gestis Regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings). There is little reason to doubt the accuracy of William's story as it was probably derived directly from Eilmer himself when an old man.
As to Eilmer's age, later historians have guessed at it based on a quotation in William's "Deeds", in regard to Halley's comet which appeared in 1066: You' ...
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