Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great, his grandfather, was born in Mercian Berkshire, not in Wessex, and in later life Alfred was closely supported by the alderman of that county.

England in the Age of Vikings 2011

Alfred, known to history as _Alfred the Great_, who ruled as English king from 871 to 901, made great efforts to revive learning in his kingdom.

The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Ellwood Patterson Cubberley 1904

Much like the assertion of 19th-century Oxford dons that the university was founded by Alfred the Great, the claim is a little strained.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

_ -- Alfred the Great translated this work into Anglo-Saxon; Chaucer, Queen Elizabeth, and Lord Preston into

Notes and Queries, Number 34, June 22, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852