Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 January 1561
- Died
- 9 April 1626
- Works
- 1568
Top works
- Latin texts
- New Atlantis and the City of the Sun
- Ideal Commonwealths
- Famous Utopias
- The Shake-speare drama of The tempest
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1561-01-22
- Active to
- 1626-04-09
has german audiobooks
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 976
- Total plays
- 1,844
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Colombo
- Place of death
- English Channel
- Occupation
- cricketer
- Sport
- Cricket
- Member of team
- Hampshire County Cricket Club
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
- Image
- Francis Bacon cricketer.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1869-06-24
- date of death
- 1915-10-31
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