Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St Alban)
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Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St Alban) 🇬🇧

Francis Bacon (Known as "Father of the Scientific Method")
Philosopher of Science, Lord Chancellor of England, Statesman, Essayist
Born 22 January 1561 🇬🇧 London, Great Britain
Passed Away 9 April 1626 Highgate (London), Great Britain
Lifespan 65 years old
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"Knowledge is power. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed."

Archival Overview

English philosopher and statesman whose Novum Organum established the empirical inductive method, dismantled the Idols of the Mind, and proclaimed that 'Knowledge is Power'.

Biographical Record

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561–1626), rose through the English legal system to become Attorney General and Lord Chancellor under King James I. Recognizing that scholastic philosophy had stagnated into empty disputation, Bacon launched the 'Great Instauration' to reconstruct human knowledge upon systematic empirical observation.

In Novum Organum (1620), he formulated the inductive method, urging scientists to gather data, perform controlled experiments, and ascend cautiously to universal axioms. He famously analyzed the psychological biases hindering truth as the 'Idols of the Mind' (Tribe, Cave, Marketplace, and Theater).

Key Life Milestones

1605 CE

Publication of 'The Advancement of Learning'

Presented his visionary blueprint for empirical scientific research and educational reform to King James I.

1620 CE

Publication of 'Novum Organum'

Articulated the inductive method and the four Idols of the Mind, setting the agenda for the Scientific Revolution.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
St Michael's Church (Bacon Memorial)
Highgate (London), Great Britain
GPS: 51.7533, -0.3542
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