Inscriptions: Roger Bacon, Old Greyfriars Street
The above inscription is on the outside wall of the Westgate Centre, on the north side of Old Greyfriars Street. The text (in Latin, followed by an English translation) reads:
ROGERUS BACON
Philosophus insignis, Doctor Mirabilis
Qui methodo experimentali
Scientiae finas mirifice proruit
Post vitam longam, strenuam, indefessam
Prope hunc locum
Inter Franciscanos suos
In Christo obdormivit
A S MCCXCII
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The Great Philosopher
ROGER BACON
Known by the Experimental Method
Extended marvellously the realm of science
After a long life of untiring activity
Near this place
In the home of his Franciscan brethren
Fell asleep in Christ
A D 1292
A nearby lane is also named after Bacon:
Wikipedia: Roger Bacon