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| − | + | '''Roger Bacon''' was a great English friar and philosopher who wrote an [[encyclopedia]] and is hailed by many the father of modern science. | |
| − | + | Bacon believed that the Calendar of his time was out by 11 minutes every year, and that since 45 BC enough of those minutes had accumulated to put the Calendar out by ten days. Bacon worried, and rightfully so, that all religious functions were being celebrated on the wrong day. He pleaded to have the Calendar rectified. But it wasn’t until 1582 – almost 300 years after Bacon's death - that [[Pope Gregory XIII]] had his people draw up a new Calendar. Bacon's calculations were adopted for this newly rectified [[Gregorian Calendar]], although he received no credit for it at all. | |
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Until 1752, Britain and all of its colonies including America were living by Bacon’s measurements. | Until 1752, Britain and all of its colonies including America were living by Bacon’s measurements. | ||
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Revision as of 13:53, April 2, 2007
Roger Bacon was a great English friar and philosopher who wrote an encyclopedia and is hailed by many the father of modern science.
Bacon believed that the Calendar of his time was out by 11 minutes every year, and that since 45 BC enough of those minutes had accumulated to put the Calendar out by ten days. Bacon worried, and rightfully so, that all religious functions were being celebrated on the wrong day. He pleaded to have the Calendar rectified. But it wasn’t until 1582 – almost 300 years after Bacon's death - that Pope Gregory XIII had his people draw up a new Calendar. Bacon's calculations were adopted for this newly rectified Gregorian Calendar, although he received no credit for it at all.
Until 1752, Britain and all of its colonies including America were living by Bacon’s measurements. [1]
References
- ↑ The first Scientist: A life of Roger Bacon, Brian Clegg