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Bacon, perhaps poor, prepared with his help (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

philosopher

'bacon perhaps' is the definition.
(I know that Francis Bacon is a philosopher)

'poor prepared with his help' is the wordplay.
'prepared with' indicates an anagram.
'his'+'help'='hishelp'
'poor' anagrammed with 'hishelp' makes 'PHILOSOPHER'.

(Other definitions for philosopher that I've seen before include "Metaphysician" , "Immanuel Kant, for example" , "Profound thinker" , "Deep thinker" , "Eg, Kant or Plato" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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