Eilmer of Malmesbury (also known as Oliver due to a scribe's miscopying, or Elmer, or Æthelmær) was an 11th-century English Benedictine monk best known for his early attempt at a gliding flight using wings. == Life == Eilmer was a monk of Malmesbury Abbey who wrote on astrology.
Eilmer of Malmesbury (also known as Oliver due to a scribe's miscopying, or Elmer, or Æthelmær) was an 11th-century English Benedictine monk best known for his early attempt at a gliding flight using wings. == Life == Eilmer was a monk of Malmesbury Abbey who wrote on astrology.
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