Baconian

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1. human sciencesOf or pertaining to Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English statesman and polymath, or his writings.
2. Of or relating to Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist) (1647–1676), who instigated Bacon's Rebellion.

plural Baconians

1. One who adheres to the philosophy of Francis Bacon.
2. One who believes that Francis Bacon wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.

   So looks the Shakespearean who is confronted by a rancid Baconian, or the astronomer who is assailed by a flat-earth fanatic.

   1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

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   In this paper I propose to say something about the attempt of the Baconian theorists to "work" Ben Jonson over into a witness against William Shakespeare, not because it is necessary to reslay the slain Baconian, but to illustrate that here as elsewhere, and all along the line, there is "nothing in it."

   1891, Shakespeariana: A Critical and Contemporary Review of Shakespearian Literature, page 195

   Synonyms: Bacon-Shakespearean