BURLERGH (BURLEY, BURLARUS), WALTER. - English scholastic. The details of his life are uncertain and disputed. Born in 1275, he is considered a disciple of Scotus at Oxford. He taught at Paris, Oxford (F. Überweg), and Toulouse (M. Grabmann). He came to Italy twice, in 1327 and 1330, and was tutor to Edoardo III. He died after 1343 (E. Denifle). Giovanni da S. Antonio, along with many others, calls him a Franciscan; Alonso de Vargas, with various writers, held him to be an Augustinian; Denifle-Chatelain call him a canon at Evreux in 1342. B. opposed the nominalism of Occam and was called «doctor planus et perspicuus».
Published works: De vitiis et moribus philosophorum (Cologne 1472; critical ed. Tübingen 1886), an interesting attempt at a history of philosophy from Talcè to Seneca, repeatedly printed and translated; Comment. in Ethicum Aristotelis (Venice 1481); Super artem veterem Porphyrii et Aristotelis expositio (ibid. 1481); De intentione et remissione formarum (ibid. 1496); Scriptum G. Burlei super libros Analyt. posteriorum (ibid. 1497); De materia et forma (Oxford 1500); Summa totius logicae (Venice 1508), etc. Noteworthy among the unpublished works are: De fluxu et refluxu maris anglici, formerly attributed to Bacone; De divisione scientiarum; De substantia orbis, etc.