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Francis Bacon

An English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author known as the father of Empiricism.

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Born 22 January 1561
Died 9 April 1626

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  • Cover of: Bacon's essays

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  • Cover of: New Atlantis

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  • Cover of: Advancement of learning

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  • Cover of: The works of Francis Bacon ...

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  • Cover of: Novum organum

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  • Cover of: The Works of Francis Bacon:: Sylva Sylvarum

    First published in 2011 — 36 editions
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  • Cover of: Sylva sylvarum, or, A naturall history in ten centuries: whereunto is newly added the History naturall and experimentall of life and death, or, Of the prolongation of life.

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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon: selections

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  • Cover of: Sylva sylvarvm: or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries

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  • Cover of: The history of the reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary.

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  • Cover of: The essays of Francis Bacon

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  • Cover of: The wisedome of the ancients.

    First published in 1609 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: Bacon's Advancement of learning, and the New Atlantis

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  • Cover of: The historie of life and death

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  • Cover of: Essays, Civil and Moral; New Atlantis; Areopagitica; Tractate on Education; Religio Medici: Part 3 Harvard Classics

    First published in 1909 — 15 editions
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    First published in 2010 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The works of Francis Bacon

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  • Cover of: The works of Francis Bacon, baron of Verulam, viscount St. Alban, and lord high chancellor of England.

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  • Cover of: Of the advancement and proficience of learning, or, The partitions of sciences, IX bookes

    First published in 1624 — 12 editions
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    First published in 1630 — 11 editions
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Born 22 January 1561
Died 9 April 1626

Subjects

Science, Methodology, Early works to 1800, Logic, Philosophy, History, English essays, Utopias, Natural history, Law, Pre-Linnean works, Conduct of life, Induction (Logic), Winds, Aphorisms and apothegms, English Philosophy, Philosophy of nature, Science, methodology, Church of England, Correspondence, Learning, Legal maxims, Philosophers, Science, early works to 1800, Sciences

Places

Great Britain, England, Scotland, Spain, London, Philosophy, America, Bridewell, Europe, Grande-Bretagne, History, Legal maxims, Zhong shi ji, ying guo

People

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Robert Devereux Essex Earl of (1566-1601), Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Henry VII King of England (1457-1509), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Edward Squire (d. 1598), F. Pei gen (1561-1626 -- zhe xue), Frances Howard Carr Somerset Countess of (1593-1632), Francis Bacon (1909), Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Ganson Goodyear Depew (1895-1924), George Villiers Buckingham Duke of (1592-1628), George Villiers Buckingham Duke of (1628-1687), Henry Morley (1822-1894), Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547), James T. Boulton (1924-), Joseph Rawson Lumby (1831-1895), Pei gen (Bacon. Francis), Richard Walpole (1564-1607), Robert Devereux Essex Earl of (1565-1601), Robert Devereux Essex Earl of (1591-1646), Thomas Markby, Thomas Overbury Sir (1581-1613), Walter Raleigh Sir (1552?-1618), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

Time

Early modern, 1500-1700, 17th century, Henry VII, 1485-1509, James I, 1603-1625, Early works to 1800, Elizabeth, 1558-1603, 16th century, Charles I, 1625-1649, 1603-1625, The Union, 1707, Tudors, 1485-1603, 1492-1648, 1558-1603, 1625-1649, 1689-1745, 1691, 16e siècle, 17e siècle, 18th century, Yingguo, zhong shi ji

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Alternative names

  • Francis Bacon
  • Bacon, Francis Viscount St. Albans
  • Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans
  • Sir Francis Bacon
  • Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, etc
  • 1626
  • Bacon, Francis viscount St. Albans
  • Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne
  • Francis Bacon, John Milton, Sir Thomas Browne

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