Person    | Male  Born 1214  Died 1294

Roger Bacon

Categories: Religion, Science

Philosopher and Franciscan friar.  Born Somerset. An early proponent of the modern scientific method. He studied at Oxford where there is a statue.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Roger Bacon

Commemorated ati

IC - Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon, 1214 - 1294

Read More

Other Subjects

Old St Paul's Cathedral

Old St Paul's Cathedral

From Engineering Timelines : "The present St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, is the fourth cathedral on this site. The first two Anglo-Saxon buildings were timber, and the third...

Building, Religion

5 memorials
Mrs Palfreman

Mrs Palfreman

Methodist of South Hampstead, active 1886. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, believes he has identified the Mrs Palfreman whose name was carved on the foundation stone at Holly Park Methodist Church, H...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
St Dunstan

St Dunstan

Born near Glastonbury. Active around 930 - 960. Patron saint of armourers, goldsmiths, locksmiths, and jewellers. His feast day is May 19th.

Person, Craft / Design, Religion

1 memorial
Reverend James Palmer

Reverend James Palmer

In 1656 he founded almshouses in Palmer’s Passage for six poor old men and six poor old women together with a school for the education of twenty boys. Old maps show these almshouses running most of...

Person, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Joan Warne

Joan Warne

Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for her Protestant beliefs. Daughter of Elizabeth.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Lankester plaque

Lankester plaque

E1, Commercial Road

The plaque is on the wall at pedestrian eye height, immediately below the clock. Numbers 384-392 did not become part of the hospital unt...

2 subjects commemorated
Marlene Doris Whiteley

Marlene Doris Whiteley

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
P. C. Dagnell
War dead, WW1
1 memorial