Roger Bacon

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Roger Bacon was a 13th-century English philosopher and Franciscan friar known for his early advocacy of empirical methods and experimentation in the study of nature.

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Roger Bacon canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
Franciscan friar ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval philosopher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alternativeName Doctor Mirabilis ⓘ
birthDate c. 1219 ⓘ
c. 1220 ⓘ
birthPlace Ilchester ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Somerset ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate c. 1292 ⓘ
c. 1294 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oxford ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ
linked to: Sorbonne University
era 13th century ⓘ
High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
fieldOfWork alchemy ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
optics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
influenced Francis Bacon ⓘ
early modern scientific method ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
Avicenna ⓘ
Robert Grosseteste ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of empirical methods ⓘ
contributions to optics ⓘ
early discussions of scientific method ⓘ
emphasis on experimentation in science ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
memberOf Order of Friars Minor ⓘ
name Roger Bacon ⓘ
notableWork Opus Majus ⓘ
Opus Minus ⓘ
Opus Tertium ⓘ
occupation friar ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Scholasticism ⓘ
primaryTopicOf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bacon ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
taughtAt University of Oxford ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ
linked to: Sorbonne University

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Bacon → hasNotableBearer → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Ibn al-Haytham → influenced → Roger Bacon ⓘ
subject linked to: Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
Roger Bacon → name → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Franciscan School → associatedWith → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Franciscan School → hasKeyFigure → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Book of Optics → influenced → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Kitāb al-Manāẓir → influenced → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Franciscan theology → developedBy → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Robert Grosseteste → influenced → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Doctor Mirabilis → usedAsTitleFor → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Doctor Mirabilis → associatedWith → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Opus Majus → author → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Opus Minus → author → Roger Bacon ⓘ
Opus Tertium → author → Roger Bacon ⓘ
De Aspectibus → influenced → Roger Bacon ⓘ