Francis Bacon
1561-1626
Francis Bacon
(1st Viscount St Albans)
Also: • Lord Verulam •
(22 January 1561 − 9 April 1626)
(1561-1626)
was an English philosopher, historian and statesman. Bacon has been called the father of empiricism and English materialism.
His New Atlantis is listed in an edition dated 1659. (BCW 2:522).
The appendix cites The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies, edited by F. B. Bickley from British Museum manuscript Harleian 7017 (London, 1898). (BCW 4:621).
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Бэкон, Фрэнсис
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Lifetime: 1561-1626
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