Roger Bacon
English philosopher
Roger Bacon OFM, also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a medieval English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism. Wikipedia
Born: 1220, Ilchester, United Kingdom
Died: 1292 (age 72 years), Oxford, United Kingdom
Influenced by: Aristotle, Robert Grosseteste, Ibn al-Haytham, and more
Education: University of Oxford
Era: Medieval philosophy
Main interests: Theology; Natural philosophy
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