Alcuin (Al`cuin) , a learned Englishman, a disciple of Bede; invited by Charlemagne to introduce scholarly culture into the empire and establish libraries and schools of learning; was one of those men whose work lies more in what they influence others to do than in what they do themselves (735‒804).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Alcoy * Alcy`one