Francis Bacon

Person · Open Library

Born

22 January 1561

Died

9 April 1626

Works

1568

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

England

Active from

1561-01-22

Active to

1626-04-09

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1. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount of St. Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific revolution. His works established and popularized deductive methodologies for scientific inquiry <a h

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,620x

2. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,704x

3. Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures

   · 2000 · cited 10,942x

4. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 10,802x

5. The Sequence of the Human Genome

   · 2001 · cited 10,205x

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Quotes

• “Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed.”
• “The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.”
• “Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.”
• “Nay, number (itself) in armies, importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for (as Virgil saith) it never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.”
• “It is not the pleasure of curiosity, nor the quiet of resolution, nor the raising of the spirit, nor victory of wit, nor faculty of speech (…) that are the true ends of knowledge (…), but it is a restitution and reinvesting, in great part, of man to the sovereignty and power, for whensoever he shall be able to call the creatures by their true names, he shall again command them.”
• “Knowledge, that tendeth but to satisfaction, is but as a courtesan, which is for pleasure, and not for fruit or generation.”

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