Francis Bacon

                      Francis Bacon was famous essayist and also English philosopher.His works are crowded with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution.

Born   -    1561

Died.   -   1526

Era.    -    Renaissance philosophy

                   His works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature.Francis Bacon was a patron of libraries and developed a functional system for the cataloging of books by dividing them into three categories - 

                             1. History

                              2.Poetry

                              3.Philosophy

 

                   Bacon was the first recipient of the Queen's counsel designation, which was conferred in 1597 when Elizabeth I of England reserved Bacon as her legal advisor.

Bacon stated that he had three goals......

         1.to uncover truth

          2.to unserve his country

         3.to serve his church

             Bacon took his third parliamentary seat for Middlesex when in February 1593 Elizabeth summoned Parliament to investigate a Roman Catholic plot against her.In 1597 Bacon became the first Queen's Counsel designate, when Queen Elizabeth reserved him as her legal counsel.

            Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested. 

                                    - francis bacon

.          Francis Bacon discovered and popularized the scientific method, whereby the laws of science are discovered by gathering and analyzing data from experiments and observations, rather than by using logic-based arguments.

           Bacon, the father of English essay, is the first great English essayist who enjoys a glorious reputation. 

          The style of Bacon's prose in his essays is generally aphoristic, direct, and brief, all of which emphasize the practicality of his writing and encourage active reader participation.

      " Hope is a good breakfast , but it is a bad supper." 

       As a statesman, Bacon was without doubt one of the most influential men in the English establishment and held the positions of Attorney General as well as that of Lord Chancellor of England.