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Francis Bacon | |
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Philosopher | |
Specialty | Scientific revolution |
Born | Jan.
22, 1561 |
Died | Apr. 9, 1626 (at age 65) Highgate, Middlesex, England |
Nationality | English |
Francis Bacon was a British philosopher, scientist, and a lawyer.
Having written a number of highly influential works on religion, law, state, science and politics, he was one of the early pioneers of the scientific methodology who created “empiricism” and motivated the scientific revolution.
Bacon’s Early Years
Francis Bacon was born in 1561 to Nicolas Bacon and Anne Cooke Bacon.
His father was a popular politician and a Lord Keeper of the Seal. His mother, Anne Bacon, was his father’s second wife.
Bacon francis biography
Bacon’s mother was a sister-in-law to Lord Burghley.
Bacon was homeschooled in his younger years. The younger of Nicholas Bacon and Anne Cook’s two sons, Francis Bacon entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1573, when he was 11 years of age.
He finished his course