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Great Malvern Priory: Gravestone of Prior Walcher (d.1135)

Gravestone of Prior Walcher (d.1135)

Gravestone of Prior Walcher (d.1135) in the chantry chapel of St. Anne, south choir aisle. Walcher was an outstanding scholar and the first western man to record the use of the astrolabe.

Credit: Holly Hayes