Roger Bacon
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Roger Bacon was a 13th-century English philosopher and Franciscan friar known for his early advocacy of empirical methods and experimentation in the study of nature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roger Bacon canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1391855 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Roger Bacon Context triple: [Bacon, hasNotableBearer, Roger Bacon]
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was a 16th-century German polymath, occult philosopher, and writer whose works on magic, mysticism, and esotericism profoundly influenced Western occult and hermetic traditions.
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Gersonides
Gersonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, and astronomer known for his rationalist biblical commentaries and major philosophical work "The Wars of the Lord."
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Albert the Great
Albert the Great was a 13th-century Dominican scholar, philosopher, and bishop renowned for his comprehensive knowledge of natural science and theology and as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas.
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Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno was a 16th-century Italian philosopher, cosmologist, and Dominican friar known for advocating an infinite universe with innumerable worlds and for being executed for heresy by the Roman Inquisition.
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E.
John Dee
John Dee was a 16th-century English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and occult philosopher who served as an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I and became famous for his studies of alchemy and attempts to communicate with angels.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Roger Bacon Target entity description: Roger Bacon was a 13th-century English philosopher and Franciscan friar known for his early advocacy of empirical methods and experimentation in the study of nature.
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A.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was a 16th-century German polymath, occult philosopher, and writer whose works on magic, mysticism, and esotericism profoundly influenced Western occult and hermetic traditions.
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B.
Gersonides
Gersonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, and astronomer known for his rationalist biblical commentaries and major philosophical work "The Wars of the Lord."
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C.
Albert the Great
Albert the Great was a 13th-century Dominican scholar, philosopher, and bishop renowned for his comprehensive knowledge of natural science and theology and as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas.
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D.
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno was a 16th-century Italian philosopher, cosmologist, and Dominican friar known for advocating an infinite universe with innumerable worlds and for being executed for heresy by the Roman Inquisition.
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E.
John Dee
John Dee was a 16th-century English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and occult philosopher who served as an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I and became famous for his studies of alchemy and attempts to communicate with angels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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Franciscan friar ⓘ human ⓘ medieval philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ scholar ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Doctor Mirabilis ⓘ |
| birthDate |
c. 1219
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c. 1220 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Ilchester
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Kingdom of England ⓘ Somerset ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate |
c. 1292
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c. 1294 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
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Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| era |
13th century
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High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
alchemy
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astronomy ⓘ linguistics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ optics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Francis Bacon
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early modern scientific method ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Averroes ⓘ Avicenna ⓘ Robert Grosseteste ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of empirical methods
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contributions to optics ⓘ early discussions of scientific method ⓘ emphasis on experimentation in science ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
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Middle English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Friars Minor ⓘ |
| name | Roger Bacon self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Opus Majus
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Opus Minus ⓘ Opus Tertium ⓘ |
| occupation |
friar
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philosopher ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Scholasticism ⓘ |
| primaryTopicOf | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bacon ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| taughtAt |
University of Oxford
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Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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