William of Ware (called the
Doctor Fundatus; flourished 1290–1305) was a
Franciscan friar and
theologian, born at
Ware in
Hertfordshire. He almost certainly studied at
Oxford University and lectured on the
Sentences of
Peter Lombard there, but he is not listed among the Oxford masters. There is some evidence, but no certainty, that he also taught at the
University of Paris, perhaps lecturing there too on the
Sentences. He was known as the
Doctor Fundatus (established doctor) and less commonly the
Doctor Praeclarus (very clear doctor).