The medieval English philosopher Roger Bacon (ca. 1214-1294) insisted on the importance of a so-called science of experience, or "scientia experimentalis." In this respect he is often regarded as a forerunner of modern science. Little is known about...

Roger Bacon, also called doctor mirabilis, was a natural philosopher and Franciscan monk who was regarded as one of the most controversial figures of the thirteenth century. His revolutionary ideas anticipated the intellectual and scientific revolution...

Roger Bacon, a medieval English philosopher and scholar, is believed to have been born near Ilchester, Somerset. His family was apparently wealthy. Following his studies at Oxford under Robert Grosseteste and in Paris under Peter Peregrinis, Bacon...

BACON, ROGER (c. 1214–c. 1292), philosopher and Franciscan friar. Born in the west of England of a wealthy family, for most of his life Bacon alternated between England and France. His first, if not his only, university education was at Oxford,...

c. 1214-1292 English Philosopher, Educational Reformer, and Franciscan Monk Roger Bacon played a key role in the early stages of the movement which eventually led to the Scientific Revolution. Instead of relying on rational deductions from the...

Bacon, Roger [addendum] Twentieth-century research on Roger Bacon requires some changes to the account above. It is clear that Richard Rufus, and not Bacon, was the first to lecture on the new Aristotle at Paris circa 1235. Bacon responded to the ideas...

(died 1292) was a student of sciences and languages, who wrote commentaries on various works of Aristotle and tried to institute a ‘universal science’. P.Urbach and J.Gibson (eds and trs), Novum Organum, Open Court,...

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FAIRBORN -- It was a win 365 days in the making. Seton squashed Toledo St. Ursula Academy's two-game lead, and the Saints came from behind to capture their first state volleyball title since 1996 with a hard-fought 20-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-12 win...

Crusader defense frustrates Knights, who fall to 9-8 KETTERING - If patience is a virtue on the basketball court, then there aren't many teams more virtuous than Roger Bacon. The Spartans wore down the Knights with their unselfish offense Wednesday night, passing...

In the following excerpt, Hirsch offers a disinterested assessment of the philological theory and practice of Bacon, tracing possible sources and assessing his influence.

Gilson was a prominent and prolific Neo-Thomist philosopher. He was the founder and longtime director of the Institute of Mediaeval Studies in association with St. Michael's College, the University of Toronto. In the following excerpt, Gilson offers a detailed overview of Bacon's beliefs as a philosopher and as a reformer.

Newbold was the Adam Seybert Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania until his death in 1926. He was a master at decoding ciphers, a lifelong passion, and he spent considerable time and industry deciphering the Voynich Manuscript—a discourse on natural science by Bacon, written in cipher, and purchased in or about 1912 by Wilfrid M. Voynich, a specialist in rare books and manuscripts. Newbold lectured on the Voynich Manuscript in 1921 before the College of Ph...