Francis Bacon
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an English philosopher and statesman. His works are seen as contributing to the scientific method and remained influential through the later stages of the scientific revolution.

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Born
Francis Bacon 22 January 1561 The Strand, London, England
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Died
9 April 1626 (aged 65) Highgate, Middlesex, England
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Spouse(s)
Alice Barnham ​ ( m. 1604) ​
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Britain
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Education
Trinity College, Cambridge (no degree) Gray's Inn ( call to bar, 1582)
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era
1600-1800
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Era
Renaissance philosophy 17th-century philosophy
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Main interests
Natural philosophy Philosophical logic
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Monarch
James I
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Notable ideas
List Baconian method Idola fori Idola theatri Idola specus Idola tribus Knowledge is power Salomon's House
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Notable work
Novum Organum
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Other names
Lord Verulam
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Parents
Sir Nicholas Bacon (father) Lady Anne Bacon (mother)
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Preceded by
Sir Henry Hobart
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Region
Western philosophy
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Resting place
St. Michael's Church, St. Albans
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School
Empiricism
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Succeeded by
Sir Henry Yelverton