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Baconian theory

American  

noun

  1. the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon.


Etymology

Origin of Baconian theory

First recorded in 1870–75

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Summarized were all the scholarly comments on every disputed passage, and the Baconian theory was exhaustively surveyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once, I was told, Professor Kittredge advised the members of his English class at Radcliffe not to read any books on the Baconian theory.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Lawrence had written pamphlets and essays on the Baconian theory, and I found my knowledge of the subject expanding and growing under his intelligent talk.

From An Autobiography by Spence, Catherine Helen

They took her to hear Ignatius Donnelly with his Baconian theory; Ingersoll hammering at Moses, and Jenness-Miller with her Reformed Clothes for Women.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

The Baconian theory has found its widest acceptance in America. 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

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