The Baconian theory of Shakespearean authorship holds that Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher, essayist and scientist, wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare, and that the historical Shakespeare was merely a front to shield the identity of Bacon, who could not take credit for the works because being known as a lowly playwright for the public stage would have impeded his ambition to hold high office.
Bacon was the first alternative candidate suggested as the true author of Shakespeare's plays. The theory was first put forth in the mid-nineteenth century, based on perceived correspondences between the philosophical ideas found in Bacon's writings and the works of Shakespeare. Legal and autobiographical allusions and cryptographic ciphers and codes were later found in the plays and poems to buttress the theory. All but a few academic Shakespeare scholars reject the arguments for Bacon authorship, as well as those for all other alternative authors.
The Baconian theory gained great popularity and attention in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, although since the mid-twentieth century the primacy of his candidacy as the true author of the Shakespeare canon has been supplanted by that of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Despite the academic consensus that Shakespeare wrote the works bearing his name and the decline of the theory, supporters of Bacon continue to argue for his candidacy through organizations, books, newsletters, and websites.
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Francis Galton and his cousin, Charles Darwin, were both phychologists that believed all behavior is conditioned by the environment. Charles Darwin is famous for his theory of evolution.
Blessed Francis Seelos died on October 4, 1867 - the anniversary dae of the death of his patron saint - Saint Francis of Assisi.
There are a number of philosophers associated with empiricism, which is the theory that knowledge comes only through experiences. Some of the more well known philosophers associated with empiricism include, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, John Locke, and Karl Popper.
Saint Francis Xavier was born on April 7, 1506.
Francis W. Clark has written: 'The germ-theory of disease' -- subject(s): Germ theory of disease
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Francis Galton developed the theory of Eugenics
Francis T. Cullen has written: 'Correctional theory' -- subject(s): Corrections 'Rethinking Crime and Deviance Theory' -- subject(s): Criminal psychology, Deviant behavior
Francis E. Burstall has written: 'Twistor theory for Riemannian symmetric spaces' -- subject(s): Harmonic maps, Manifolds (Mathematics), Symmetric spaces, Twistor theory
Francis D. Parker has written: 'The structure of number systems' -- subject(s): Number theory
William Francis C. Wigston has written: 'Francis Bacon, poet, prophet, philosopher, versus phantom Captain Shakespeare' 'Prodromi' -- subject(s): Authorship, Baconian theory 'The Columbus of literature' -- subject(s): Authorship, Baconian theory
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Apex:Observation, hypothesis, experiment, theory
Francis J. Griffith has written: 'Your speech' -- subject(s): Speech, Oral communication 'Administrative theory in education'
Joseph Francis Boyle has written: 'The semiempirical computation of intermolecular potentials using classical and semiclassical scattering theory'