Roger Bacon
[1219-1292] [related: Brazen Head]
Widely considered the father of the modern scientific method, a powerful wizard, and the inventor of submarines. Bacon wrote groundbreaking treaties on both optics - studying the function of light and its interaction with the eye - and linguistics, arguing that reality itself is held within language [1] [2]. To this end, he supported a re-evaluation of the Septugiant and often came into conflict with the Church Fathers, especially St. Augustine, resulting in his imprisonment later in life. The Philospher's Stone is also attributed to Bacon. Skilled at both alchemy and necromancy, Bacon became known for the creation of a Brazen Head with which he could communicate with the dead. He has been hypothesized as an owner (and even author) of the Voynich Manuscript[3].