Roger Bacon in his observatory in Oxford, also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a medieval English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism From La ciencia y sus hombres : vidas de los sabios ilustres desde la antigüedad hasta el siglo XIX T. 1 [Science and it's people Vol 1] by Luis Figuier ; traducción de la tercera edición francesa por Pelegrin Casabó y Pagés ; ilustrada por Armet, Gomez, Martí y Alsina, Planella, Puiggarí, Serra, Printed in Barcelona in 1879

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