Francis Bacon, first baron Verulam and viscount St Albans

(1561-1626)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 NRA: Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) Viscount St Albans, Lord Chancellor DNB: Bacon, Francis, Viscount St Alban (1561-1626), lord chancellor, politician, and philosopher LBT ID: FrBacon1626 VIAF ID: 31992319 LOC ID: n79100235	B/BAP: 1561-01-22 DIED: 1626-04-09
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English Jurist and philosopher; author of Essays (1597, 1625), The Advancement of Learning (1605) and Novum Organum (1620).