PHILOSOPHER

Roger Bacon

1220 - 1292

Photo of Roger Bacon

Icon of person Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon (; Latin: Rogerus or Rogerius Baconus, Baconis, also Frater Rogerus; c. 1219/20 – c. 1292), also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a medieval English polymath, philosopher, scientist, theologian and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism. Intertwining his Catholic faith with scientific thinking, Roger Bacon is considered one of the greatest polymaths of the medieval period. In the early modern era, he was regarded as a wizard and particularly famed for the story of his mechanical or necromantic brazen head. He is credited as one of the earliest European advocates of the modern scientific method, along with his teacher Robert Grosseteste. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Bacon is the 103rd most popular philosopher (down from 99th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 108th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Philosopher.

Roger Bacon is most famous for his work on optics and the scientific method.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Roger Bacon by language

Loading...

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Roger Bacon ranks 103 out of 1,267. Before him are Carl von Clausewitz, Jacques Derrida, Walter Benjamin, Jean Bodin, Al-Tabari, and Friedrich Fröbel. After him are Boethius, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, George Gurdjieff, Apollodorus of Athens, Jeremy Bentham, and Antisthenes.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1220, Roger Bacon ranks 3. Before him are Pope Martin IV, and Alexander Nevsky. After him are William of Rubruck, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Brunetto Latini, Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Traidenis, Emperor Go-Saga, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Stefan Uroš I, and Ugolino della Gherardesca. Among people deceased in 1292, Roger Bacon ranks 1. After him are Pope Nicholas IV, Kinga of Poland, Abraham Abulafia, Thibaud Gaudin, Guiraut Riquier, William VII, Marquis of Montferrat, and John Peckham.

Others Born in 1220

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1292

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Bacon ranks 168 out of 8,785. Before him are John Macleod (1876), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Brian Johnson (1947), Ridley Scott (1937), and Jane Seymour (1508). After him are Patrick Blackett (1897), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), Robert Edwards (1925), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), Jeremy Bentham (1748), and Mark Knopfler (1949).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Roger Bacon ranks 7. Before him are Francis Bacon (1561), John Locke (1632), Thomas Hobbes (1588), David Hume (1711), Thomas More (1478), and Herbert Spencer (1820). After him are Jeremy Bentham (1748), William of Ockham (1285), Joseph Priestley (1733), John Wycliffe (1324), Duns Scotus (1265), and John Venn (1834).

British born Philosophers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous