Bacon, Roger
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....
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Roger Bacon
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 Revolut...
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Bacon, Roger(Between 1214 and 1220?–1292)
Roger Bacon, English philosopher and scientist, known as Doctor Mirabilis, was probably born between 1214 and 1220 and died in 1292, probably at Oxford...
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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 Aristot...
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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 fo...
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Information about the life of Roger Bacon is slim; scholars have invented conflicting chronologies and have assumed a great deal about his career. The commonly accepted view is that set out by Theodor...
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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 an...
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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 Grosset...
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Bacon, Roger
Roger Bacon
Bacon, Roger (Between 1214 and 1220?-1292)
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
