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  1. 1527-1608. English alchemist, astrologer, and
  2. mathematician, who claimed to have transmuted
  3. metals into gold, although he died in
  4. poverty. He long enjoyed the favour of
  5. Elizabeth I, and was employed as a secret
  6. diplomatic agent.
  7.