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Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (22 Jan, 1561 - 9 Apr, 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author. His political career ended in disgrace for He was persecuted by his oppositors, but remained influential through his works, especially as philosopher and practitioner of the science. His dedication brought him into a group of scientists who were killed by their own beliefs. His works include The New Atlantis; popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, called the scientific method; his procedure of investigating natural things create a new space for the rhetorical and theoretical analisys in which remains his methodology. Researches of literature atribute some wrotes of William Shakespeare to Francis Bacon.

There have been five notable men named "Francis Bacon".

  • Francis Bacon, Viscount Verulam (1561-1626) was an English Elizabethan philosopher, scientist, jurist, statesman, and essayist. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.

  • Francis Bacon (1587 - 1657) was an English judge who retired from the bench in 1649 rather than swear to serve the Commonwealth.
  • Francis Bacon (1600 - 1663) was an English politician, who represented Ipswich in the Long Parliament, all three Protectorate Parliaments, and the Convention Parliament. He supported both the overthrow of Charles I and the restoration of Charles II.
  • Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992) was a British painter.
  • Francis Thomas Bacon (1904 - 1992) was a British engineer who invented the fuel cell.
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