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Noun: Roger Bacon
  1. 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)
    - Bacon

Type of: monastic, monk, scientist

Encyclopedia: Roger Bacon

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