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  1. c. 1169-1253. English scholar and bishop. His
  2. prolific writings include many scientific
  3. works, as well as translations of Aristotle,
  4. and commentaries on the Bible. He was a
  5. forerunner of the empirical school, being one
  6. of the earliest to suggest testing ancient
  7. Greek theories by practical experiment. He
  8. was Bishop of Lincoln from 1235 to his death,
  9. attempting to reform morals and clerical
  10. discipline, and engaging in controversy with
  11. Innocent IV over the pope's finances.
  12.