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Bacon, Roger
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Bacon, Roger (
c.1214–92). Philosopher. A Franciscan friar, much of Bacon's life is obscure, but he was born in Somerset and probably studied at Oxford before teaching in Paris. From
c.1250–7 he was again in Oxford but his Franciscan superiors returned him to Paris, where he was under a cloud and in confinement. In 1265 Pope Clement IV asked him to prepare a treatise on the knowledge of the day. This high patronage did not last, for Clement died in 1268, and Bacon was soon in trouble again. His
Opus majus, dating from the 1260s, attacked authority and sophistry and has been hailed as a foundation work in modern science. Bacon laid stress on useful knowledge, on ascertaining facts, and on the need for experimentation. He proved that air is necessary for combustion, and his prophecies included flight and submarine travel. His work in
alchemy gained him a popular reputation as a magician, exploited by Robert Greene in
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (
c.1590). This showed Bacon at Brasenose College making a brazen head which would prophesy, ‘read a lecture in philosophy’, and build a brazen wall to keep England safe.
J. A. Cannon
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; ...Middle Ages. The present edition of Roger Bacon's De perspectiva offers not only the first critical edition of Bacon's text (there is a trenchant critique...additions to complete the sense of Bacon's elliptical style. There is also...
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Bacon, Roger
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Roger Bacon Born: c. 1214 Ilchester, Somerset...philosopher The medieval English philosopher Roger Bacon insisted on the importance of a so-called...known for certain about the details of Roger Bacon's life or about the chronology of and...
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Roger Bacon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Roger Bacon The medieval English philosopher Roger Bacon (ca. 1214-1294) insisted on the importance of a so...of modern science. Little is known about the details of Roger Bacon's life or about the chronology and motivation of his...
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Peter Peregrinus,also known as Pierre De Maricourt
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Soldier ” ; and (2) the Opus tertitun of Roger Bacon. Only one date in Peregrinus ’ life is fixed...depends heavily on the autheticity of certain statements in Roger Bacon ’ s Opus tertium and whether in that same treatise...
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Pecham, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...them at his death) and advanced by Roger Bacon. There can be little doubt that...there is ample evidence that he and Bacon were personally acquainted and...friary at Paris during the period when Bacon was writing his principal scientific...
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Eyeglass Frame
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...rays. In 1257, the English friar Roger Bacon explored so many aspects of science...While he was in prison, Friar Bacon sent Pope Clement IV some magnifying lenses for reading; despite Bacon's controversial standing, the...
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