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Astronaut, the first man to set foot on the moon. A licensed pilot from the age of 16, he studied aeronautics at Purdue University. S National Aerospace Program, and was commander of Gemini 8 in which he completed the first manual space-docking manoeuvre. S. with Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins in Apollo 2 and 4 days later landed on the moon. As he stepped on to its surface he said 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'. Armstrong, N. , Change in the Space Age. 1973 Arnaud, Yvonne (1895-1958).
1971 Armstrong, Neil Alden (1930). S. astronaut, the first man to set foot on the moon. A licensed pilot from the age of 16, he studied aeronautics at Purdue University. S National Aerospace Program, and was commander of Gemini 8 in which he completed the first manual space-docking manoeuvre. S. with Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins in Apollo 2 and 4 days later landed on the moon. As he stepped on to its surface he said 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'. Armstrong, N. , Change in the Space Age.
Aquinas, St Thomas (c. 1225-1274). Theologian and philosopher. Born near Aquino in Italy, he became a Dominican, and despite family opposition left Italy to study theology in Paris and later under * AIbertus Magnus at Cologne. Although nicknamed by fellow students 'The Dumb Ox', he is now considered to have been the greatest systematic theologian of the Catholic church. Except for a stay in Italy (1259-1268) he worked and taught in Paris (1252-1272). Influenced by the philosophy of Aristotle, he based his vast and clearly argued theology, now known as Thomism, upon it.