Why is Francis bacon famous?

Answer 1

Sir Francis Bacon was born in 1561 and died in 1626. He was an English philosopher and statesman. In 1573 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge and in 1576 Gray's Inn. He became MP in 1584. He was knighted in 1603 and was made commissioner for the union of Scotland and England. In 1605 he married a London alderman's and in 1605 published the Advancement of Learning. In 1612 he offered to manage parliament for the king. In 1613 he was promoted to attorney generalship. In 1616 he prosecuted Somerset for the murder of Overbury. In 1616 he became a privy councillor and in 1617 lord keeper. In his philosophy he abandoned the deductive logic of Aristotle and stressed the importance of experiment in interpreting nature and the necessity for proper regard for any possible evidence which might run counter to any held thesis. He described heat as a mode of motion, and light as requiring time for transmission. His greatness was in his insistence on the facts that man is the servant and interpreter of Nature, that truth is not derived from authority, and that knowledge is the fruit of experience; and in spite of the defects of his method gave impetus to future scientific investigations can't be disputed. He was the creator of scientific inductive thinking.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Francis Bacon lived from 1561 to 1626. He is the pioneer of the scientific method. and the creator of empiricism. His famous works are: The Advancement of Learning (1605), expanded and Latinized as De augmentis scientiarum (1623); De sapientia veterum (1609); Novum organum (1620); and Sylva Sylvarum and New Atlantis (1627).

Answer 4

Writing Such masterpieces as Romeo and Juliet under another name.

Answer 5

Francis Bacon was known for his work during the scientific revolution. He lived in England in the 1500's and was a scientist, statesman, and author.

Answer 6

Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, laywer, jurist and author. His work was often called the baconian method.

Answer 7

He invented bacon and was the first to think to eat pork

Answer 8

To make sure unicorns went home safe to their mother, who is Justin Bieber.

Answer 9

inductive reasoning