Person: BACON, Roger (c.1220-c.1292)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Name

Roger BACON

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

philosopher and scholar of optics and other sciences

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

c.1220

born at

Ilchester, Somerset, England

c.1292

~72

died at

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

References

Ron Morris (trans. Peter Vernon), ‘Magazin 1756’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), p. 2

Honore Bostel, ‘The magic lantern: a children's toy’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 10

Ron Morris (trans. Claudine Davies), ‘The magic lantern in 1693’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 3

Willem Tebra, ‘The magic lantern of Giovanni da Fontana’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 11

Lucerna ID 6003563

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 5 January 2015

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Person: BACON, Roger (c.1220-c.1292)