Roger Bacon

(1214 c.-1292 c.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294 DNB: Bacon [Bakun], Roger (c.1214–1292?), philosopher and Franciscan friar LBT ID: RoBacon1292 VIAF ID: 120688673 LOC ID: n50019200	B/BAP: 1214 DIED: 1292
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Franciscan friar and natural philosopher who did important work on optics.
REFERENCES TO Roger Bacon: Robert Southey, A Vision of Judgement (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown., 1821) THE ELDER WORTHIES. Verse 2: p. 33a p. 33a William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XXV. Found 1: ¶ 1 William Godwin to Sir Walter Scott, 17 February 1831 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 5 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. XI. 1824-1832