Francis Bacon
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Gray's Inn | blank1 = Notable works | data1 = Works by Francis Bacon | signature = Francis Bacon Signature.svg | module = |region = Western philosophy |school_tradition = Empiricism |other_names = Lord Verulam |main_interests = |notable_ideas = }} |notable_works = ''Novum Organum'' }} }} Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban others, such as the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (1885) and the 11th edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', spell the title "St Albans".}} PC (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), known as Lord Verulam between 1618 and 1621, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon led the advancement of both natural philosophy and the scientific method, and his works remained influential even in the late stages of the Scientific Revolution.
Bacon has been called the father of empiricism. He argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. He believed that science could be achieved by the use of a sceptical and methodical approach whereby scientists aim to avoid misleading themselves. Although his most specific proposals about such a method, the Baconian method, did not have long-lasting influence, the general idea of the importance and possibility of a sceptical methodology makes Bacon one of the later founders of the scientific method. His portion of the method based in scepticism was a new rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, whose practical details are still central to debates on science and methodology. He is famous for his role in the scientific revolution, promoting scientific experimentation as a way of glorifying God and fulfilling scripture.
Bacon was a patron of libraries and developed a system for cataloguing books under three categories – history, poetry, and philosophy – which could further be divided into specific subjects and subheadings. About books he wrote: "Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some few to be chewed and digested." The Shakespearean authorship thesis, a fringe theory which was first proposed in the mid-19th century, contends that Bacon wrote at least some and possibly all of the plays conventionally attributed to William Shakespeare.
Bacon was educated at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, where he rigorously followed the medieval curriculum, which was presented largely in Latin. He was the first recipient of the Queen's counsel designation, conferred in 1597 when Elizabeth I reserved him as her legal advisor. After the accession of James I in 1603, Bacon was knighted, then created Baron Verulam in 1618 and Viscount St Alban in 1621.}} He had no heirs, and so both titles became extinct on his death of pneumonia in 1626 at the age of 65. He is buried at St Michael's Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
London : printed for A. Swall, at the Unicorn, at the West-end of St. Pauls Church, 1691
London : printed for A. Swall, at the Unicorn, at the West-end of St. Pauls Church, 1691
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
In Londra : Appresso di Giovanni Billio, 1618
In Londra : Appresso di Giovanni Billio, 1618
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
London : printed for A. Swalle, and T. Childe, at the Unicorn, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1696
To this edition is added the character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English.
London : printed for A. Swalle, and T. Childe, at the Unicorn, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1696
To this edition is added the character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English.
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
London : Printed: and sold by Benj. Bragge, in Avemary-Lane, 1706
London : Printed: and sold by Benj. Bragge, in Avemary-Lane, 1706
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
In Londra : Appresso di Giovanni Billio, 1618
In Londra : Appresso di Giovanni Billio, 1618
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
London : printed for A. Swall, at the Unicorn, at the West-end of St. Pauls Church, 1691
London : printed for A. Swall, at the Unicorn, at the West-end of St. Pauls Church, 1691
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
London : Printed: and sold by Benj. Bragge, in Avemary-Lane, 1706
London : Printed: and sold by Benj. Bragge, in Avemary-Lane, 1706
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
In Londra : Appresso di Giovanni Billio, 1618
In Londra : Appresso di Giovanni Billio, 1618
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937
First edition.
Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937
First edition.
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
New York, John W. Lovell co. 1868
New York, John W. Lovell co. 1868
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Cleveland : Fine Editions Press, 1946
Cleveland : Fine Editions Press, 1946
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
London, Bell 1883
London, Bell 1883
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
New York, Liberal Arts Press 1960
New York, Liberal Arts Press 1960
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
New York, Liberal Arts Press 1960
New York, Liberal Arts Press 1960
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Boston, Brown and Taggart, 1860
Boston, Brown and Taggart, 1860
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
New York : Garland Pub., 1978
New York : Garland Pub., 1978
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2007
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by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
London : Printed for J.J. and P. Knapton [etc.], 1733
London : Printed for J.J. and P. Knapton [etc.], 1733
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