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Roger Bacon
see synonyms of roger baconNoun
1. bacon, roger bacon
English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Roger Bacon
see synonyms of roger bacon English friar, scientist, and philosopher whose Opus Majus (1267) argued that Christian studies should encompass the sciences.
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