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Roger Bacon
English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 1220, 1214, 1219
- Died
- 1292, 1294, 11 June 1292
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Roger
- Family name
- Bacon
- Movement
- scholasticism
- Field of work
- theology, natural philosophy
- Occupation
- philosopher, physicist, theologian, musicologist, music theorist, astrologer, alchemist, translator, inventor, mathematician, writer, monk
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Religion
- Catholicism
- birth name
- Roger Bacon
- depicted by
- Roger Bacon (c.1214-1294)
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, BEIC Digital Library, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyklopedja Kościelna, Library of the World's Best Literature, New International Encyclopedia, The New Student's Reference Work
- different from
- Francis Bacon
- educated at
- University of Oxford
- employer
- University of Oxford, University of Paris
- influenced by
- William of Sherwood
- languages spoken, written or signed
- medieval Latin, Middle English
- name in native language
- Roger Bacon
- notable work
- Opus Majus, Opus Minus, Opus Tertium, Summa Grammatica, Compendium studii philosophiae, Compendium studii theologiae, De influentiis agentium, De multiplicatione specierum, De speculis comburentibus, Greek grammar, Secretum secretorum
- pseudonym
- Doctor Mirabilis
- religious order
- Order of Friars Minor
- topic's main category
- Category:Roger Bacon
- writing language
- medieval Latin
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