Alchemy, ancient and modern . rn at Lauingen, probably in 1193. He was educated at i2aS-SS Padua> and in his later year^ he showed himself apt at acquiring the knowledgeof his time. He studied theology, philosophy andnatural science, and is chiefly celebrated as anAristotelean philosopher. He entered the Dominicanorder, taught publicly at Cologne, Paris and elsewhere,and was made provincial of this order. Later he hadthe bishopric of Regensburg conferred on him, but heretired after a few years to a Dominican cloister, wherehe devoted himself to philosophy and science. Hewas one of the most
Alchemy, ancient and modern . rn at Lauingen, probably in 1193. He was educated at i2aS-SS Padua> and in his later year^ he showed himself apt at acquiring the knowledgeof his time. He studied theology, philosophy andnatural science, and is chiefly celebrated as anAristotelean philosopher. He entered the Dominicanorder, taught publicly at Cologne, Paris and elsewhere,and was made provincial of this order. Later he hadthe bishopric of Regensburg conferred on him, but heretired after a few years to a Dominican cloister, wherehe devoted himself to philosophy and science. Hewas one of the most learned men of his time and, more-over, a man of noble character. The authenticity of thealchemistic works attributed to him has been questioned.§ 35. The celebrated Dominican, Thomas Aquinas (see plate 8), was probably a pupil of Thomas Albertus Magnus, from whom it is thought (1225-1274). ^e inibibed alchemistic learning. It is very probable, however, that the alchem-istic works attributed to him are spurious. The PLATE [by de Bry] PORTRAIT OF ALBERTUS MAGNUS. To face- page 44] §36] THE ALCHEMISTS 45 author of these works manifests a deeply religioustone, and, according to Thomsons History ofChemistry^ he was the first to employ the term amalgam to designate an alloy of mercury withsome other metal. 5 § 36. Roger Bacon, the most illustrious of the medi-aeval alchemists, was born near Ilchester in Somer-set, probably in 1214. His erudition,fiSftL-1294?11 considering the general state of ignoranceprevailing at this time, was most remark-able. Professor Meyer says : He is to be regardedas the intellectual originator of experimental research,if the departure in this direction is to be coupled withany one name—a direction which, followed more andmore as time went on, gave to the science [ofChemistry] its own peculiar stamp, and ensured itssteady development. 6 Roger Bacon studied theologyand science at Oxford and at Paris ; and he joined theFranciscan order, at what date,
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