Besides, Sir Francis Bacon also spent part of his life there with pioneering mathematicians John Dee and Brook Taylor soon followed.
此后,还有数学界的先驱约翰迪和布鲁克泰勒。
图解英语史(中)
Sir Francis Bacon, however, hedged his bets and wrote many of his works in both Latin and English and, taking his inspiration mainly from Greek, coined several scientific words such as thermometer, pneumonia, skeleton and encyclopaedia.
弗朗西斯·培根,第一代圣阿尔本子爵(Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban,1561年1月22日-1626年4月9日),著名英国哲学家、政治家、科学家、法学家、演说家和散文作家,是古典经验论的始祖。
英语百科
Francis Bacon 弗兰西斯·培根
(重定向自Sir Francis Bacon)
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St AlbanPCKC (/ˈbeɪkən/; 22 January 1561–9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.