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Francis Bacon

Type Figure Region England Time 1561–1626 Also known as 1st Viscount St Alban

English philosopher, statesman, and jurist; a key advocate of modern empiricism and the scientific method, whose works Novum Organum and The Advancem…

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  1. 1584–1618London · LondonBorn into a bureaucratic family, he served successively as a member of parliament and attorney general, rising to Lord Chancellor in 1618 and being ennobled as Viscount St Alban. Alongside his official duties he wrote political and philosophical works, seeking to respond to the crises of his age by reforming the system of knowledge.
  2. 1605–1626London · LondonHe published works such as The Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum, criticizing scholastic empty disputation and advocating the rebuilding of knowledge through observation, experiment, and induction, proposing propositions such as 'knowledge is power' that influenced later generations.

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