Francis Bacon Biography

Francis Bacon biography

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NAME: Francis Bacon
OCCUPATION: Academic, Lawyer, Political Leader, Scientist, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: January 22, 1561
DEATH DATE: April 09, 1626
EDUCATION: Trinity College, Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
PLACE OF DEATH: London, England
AKA: 1st Viscount Saint Alban
AKA: Sir Francis Bacon
Full Name: Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon was an English Renaissance statesman and philosopher, best known for his promotion the scientific method.

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Political philosopher Thomas Hobbes played the role of Bacon's last amanuensis. The "father of classic liberalism," John Locke, as well as 18th-century encyclopedists and inductive logicians David Hume and John Mill, also showed Bacon's influence in their work.

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Bacon is still widely regarded as a major figure in scientific methodology and natural philosophy during the English Renaissance. Having advocated an organized system of obtaining knowledge with a humanitarian goal in mind, he is largely credited with ushering in the new early modern era of human understanding.