Roger Bacon 1214 AD - 1292 AD AKA Doctor Mirabilis
An English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods.
In the early modern era, he was regarded as a wizard and particularly famed for the story of his mechanical or necromantic brazen head.
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Roger Bacon — Photo Credit: http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/1e/f0/fba32b75b33af2dcaf9930c23da4.jpgGallery: http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/M0001840.html, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36311697
"Friar Bacon's Study" — in Oxford. By the late 18th century this study on Folly Bridge had become a place of pilgrimage for scientists, but the building was pulled down in 1779 to allow for road widening Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12315828
"Friar Bacon's Study"
in Oxford. By the late 18th century this study on Folly Bridge had become a place of pilgrimage for scientists, but the building was pulled down in 1779 to allow for road widening