Who was Alexander the Great's tutor?
Alexander the Great carried Alexander as far as India. When the animal died (because of old age, according to Plutarch, at age thirty), Alexander named a city after him, Bucephala. When Alexander was 13, Philip began to search for a tutor, and considered such academics as Isocrates and Speusippus, the latter offering to resign from his stewardship of the Academy to take up the post. In the end, Philip chose Aristotle and provided the Temple of the Nymphs at Mieza as a classroom. In return for teaching Alexander, Philip agreed to rebuild Aristotle's hometown of Stageira, which Philip had razed, and to repopulate
Archibald S. Alexander Archibald S. Alexander Archibald Stevens Alexander (28 October 1906 – 4 September 1979) was an American lawyer, civil servant, and Democratic politician. He served as Under Secretary of the United States Army in the Truman Administration and as New Jersey State Treasurer. Alexander was born in New York City, New York, the son of Archibald Stevens Alexander and Helen Tracy Barney Alexander. Alexander's great-great-great-grandfather was John Stevens (c. 1715-1792), delegate in 1784 to the Continental Congress; his great-great-grandfather was John Stevens (1749–1838), who developed early versions of screw-propelled steamboat and steam locomotive; one of his great-grandfathers was Brigadier General James