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Noun Named Entity
SYL
Roger Bacon
EN
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 3.0
English:
philosopher
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IS A
EN
monk
EN
scientist
Homo sapiens
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
EN
Kingdom of England
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
EN
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
EN
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
EN
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
EN
Church Encyclopedia
EN
Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia
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DIFFERENT FROM
Francis bacon
EDUCATED AT
EN
Oxford University
EMPLOYER
EN
Oxford University
EN
Paris University
ETHNIC GROUP
EN
English
FAMILY NAME
EN
Bacon
FIELD OF WORK
EN
physics
EN
theology
GIVEN NAME
Roger
INFLUENCED BY
EN
William of Sherwood
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
EN
Latin
MOVEMENT
EN
Scholasticism
NOTABLE WORK
EN
Opus Majus
OCCUPATION
EN
mathematician
EN
philosopher
EN
physicist
EN
musicologist
EN
alchemist
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PLACE OF BIRTH
Somerset
EN
Ilchester
PLACE OF DEATH
Oxford
RELIGION
EN
Catholicism
RELIGIOUS ORDER
EN
Order of Friars Minor
SEX OR GENDER
EN
male
STUDENT OF
Robert Grosseteste
WRITING LANGUAGE
EN
Latin
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SYL
Roger Bacon

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