Roger Bacon: The Friar Who Gave Europe Its First Gunpowder Recipe

Roger Bacon: The Friar Who Gave Europe Its First Gunpowder Recipe

Roger Bacon (c. 1219/20–c. 1292), known by the posthumous scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis—"Wonderful Teacher"—was a medieval English polymath, philosopher, and Franciscan friar who holds a specific and non-negotiable place in the story of firear