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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans ( January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626), more commonly known as Sir Francis Bacon, achieved fame as an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and finally created Viscount St Albans in 1621; the peerage titles became extinct upon his death.
He began his professional life as a lawyer, where his philosophy of law preached absolute duty to the Sovereign, but he has become best known as an advocate and defender of the scientific revolution.
His philosophical works lay out a complex methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian methodIntroduction The Baconian method is the investigative method developed by Francis Bacon. It is an early forerunner of the scientific method. The method was put forward in Bacon's book Novum Organum, which means New Organ, and was supposed to replace the m.
Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri.
He was the youngest of five sons of Sir Nicholas BaconSir Nicholas Bacon ( 1509 February 20, 1579) was an English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was born at Chislehurst, Kent, the second son of Robert Bacon of Drinkstone, Suffolk. He graduated from Cambridge in 1527, and, aft (1509-1579), Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth IElizabeth I ( September 7, 1533 March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. Sometimes referred to as The Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess Elizabeth I was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty,. His mother, Ann Cooke Bacon (1528-1610) was the second wife of Sir Nicholas, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke , who had formerly tutored Edward VIEdward VI ( 12 October 1537 6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. Edward, the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty, was England's first Protestant ruler. Although his father and predecessor, Henry VIII, h. She spoke five languages and had a reputation as one of the most educated women of her time. She was familiar with the classical studies of the period, and followed the Reformed or PuritanThe Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. Terminology The word puritan is now applied unevenly to a number of Protestant churches from the late sixteenth century to the early eighteenth c Church.
Biographers presume that Bacon received an education at home in his early years, and that his health during that time as later was delicate. He entered Trinity College, CambridgeTrinity College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Trinity is the largest and richest of the colleges in Cambridge, and is now a home to around 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 160 Fellows., in 1573 at the age of 13, and that he spent three years there in diligent study, living with his older brother Anthony Bacon (1558 - 1601).
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