Francis Bacon

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essayist human jurist philosopher scientific method pioneer statesman

Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and pioneer of the scientific method whose works laid the foundations for modern empirical science.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → human → jurist → philosopher → scientific method pioneer → statesman →
birthDate	1561-01-22 →
birthPlace	Kingdom of England → London →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England →
deathDate	1626-04-09 →
deathPlace	Kingdom of England → London →
era	Early modern philosophy →
familyName	Bacon →
fieldOfWork	epistemology → legal theory → natural philosophy → political theory →
fullName	Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban →
givenName	Francis →
influenced	Isaac Newton → John Locke → Royal Society → modern empirical science → scientific method →
influencedBy	Aristotle → Renaissance humanism →
knownFor	advocacy of experimental science → formulation of inductive scientific method →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Privy Council of England →
movement	Scientific Revolution →
nobleTitle	Baron Verulam → Viscount St Alban →
notableWork	Essays → New Atlantis → Novum Organum → The Advancement of Learning →
occupation	essayist → lawyer → philosopher → scientist → statesman →
philosophicalSchool	empiricism →
positionHeld	Attorney General for England and Wales → Lord Chancellor of England → Member of Parliament of England → Solicitor General for England and Wales →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A System of Logic → Auguste Comte → Giambattista Vico → René Descartes → Robert Boyle → Thomas Hobbes → William Whewell →	influencedBy
Essays → New Atlantis → Novum Organum → The Advancement of Learning →	author
Francisco Goya → Michel de Montaigne → Plutarch →	influenced
British Enlightenment → Empiricism →	associatedWith
Francis Bacon ("Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban") →	fullName
University of Cambridge →	hasAlumnus
Baron Verulam ("Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam") →	hasHolder
Bacon →	hasNotableBearer
English Renaissance →	hasNotableFigure
Scientific Revolution →	hasParticipant
Spe Salvi →	mentionsFigure
Trinity College, Cambridge →	notableAlumnus
New Atlantis →	workOfAuthor