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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, [a] 1st Baron Verulam, PC (/ ˈ b eɪ k ən /; [5] 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I.
History of the Reign of King Henry VII is a 1622 work by the English writer Francis Bacon. It charts the reign of the first Tudor monarch Henry VII who took the throne from his rival Richard III in 1485. At the time of writing Bacon had recently fallen from political power, and completed the work in late 1621 and sent a copy to James I. It was ...
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author, and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through ...
Francis Bacon's New Atlantis published posthumously. [1] 1628. February – writs are issued by Charles I of England compelling every county in England (not just seaport towns) to pay ship tax by 1 March (1628). 2 March – great fire of Banbury. [24] 17 March – Charles I reconvenes Parliament. Oliver Cromwell becomes an MP for the first time ...
Francis Bacon: A Brief Discourse touching the Happy Union of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland: In favour of a union of fundamental laws. 1604 Francis Bacon Certain Articles or Considerations touching the Union of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland: Written for the Union commission. William Clerk: Ancillans Synopsis: Supported John ...
It was built in 1563–68 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper, and was visited a number of times by Queen Elizabeth I. [1] It is a Grade I listed building. [2]The house was built partly from bricks taken from the old Abbey buildings at St Albans, then in process of demolition following the Benedictine priory's dissolution some 25 years earlier. [3]
If the 21st century brought Bacon retrospective acclaim as the greatest British artist of his time, it also gave him perhaps too much acceptance and familiarity. ... Francis Bacon – Human ...
The Great Secret, Count St. Germain purports that St. Germain was actually Francis Bacon by birth, and later authored the complete Plays attributed to Shakespeare. Bernard also contends, as does the Saint Germain Foundation in Schaumburg, Illinois, that Francis Bacon was the child of Queen Elizabeth and Lord Dudley but that it