Bacon, n.
English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
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1st Baron Verulam Bacon Baron Verulam Francis Bacon Sir Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans
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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)
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Bacon Roger Bacon
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