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Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)

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William Shakespeare did not really exist

The proposition did not really exist" conflates two distinct claims: that no historical person named William Shakespeare lived, and that the man from was not the true author of the plays and poems att...

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Were any notable historical figures involved in both Freemasonry and occult societies, and what impact did that have?

Yes: a number of prominent historical figures and movements bridged formal Freemasonry and organizations of the Western esoteric or “occult” revival, and that crossover reshaped rituals, public image,...