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Francis Bacon

22 January 1561 - 9 April 1626

An English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author known as the father of Empiricism.

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  • Cover of: Certaine considerations touching the better pacification and edification of the Church of England: dedicated to His Most Excellent Majestie.

    First published in 1604 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath

    First published in 1842 7 editions — 7 previewable Cover of edition workscollecteda00spedgoog Cover of edition surlestracesdub00grougoog Cover of edition workscollecteda07spedgoog Cover of edition workscollecteda01spedgoog Cover of edition jakobbohmessamm07schigoog Cover of edition workscollecteda02spedgoog
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  • Cover of: Essays, and Colours of good and evil

    First published in 1879 7 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition essaysandcolours00bacouoft Cover of edition essaysandcolour00wriggoog
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  • Cover of: Bacon's essays ; and, Colours of good and evil

    First published in 1868 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition baconsessayscolo00bacoiala Cover of edition baconsessaysand01wriggoog
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  • Cover of: History of the reign of King Henry VII.: With notes by J. Rawson Lumby

    First published in 1881 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition reignofkinghenry00bacouoft
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  • Cover of: The philosophical works of Francis Bacon.

    First published in 1733 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: New Atlantis

    First published in 2019 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Bacon's Essays: And Wisdom of the Ancients

    First published in 2015 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Advancement of Learning

    First published in 1973 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The essayes or counsels civill and morall of Francis Bacon, lord Verulam

    First published in 1906 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition essayesorcounsel00bacoiala
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  • Cover of: Bacon

    First published in 1900 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Advancement of learning ; Novum organum ; New Atlantis

    First published in 1629 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Advancement of Learning

    First published in 2003 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: New Organon

    First published in 2017 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning: Or, the Partitions of Sciences, Nine Books

    First published in 2018 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: New Atlantis and the Great Instauration

    First published in 2016 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: New Atlantis and the City of the Sun: Two Classic Utopias

    First published in 2010 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Les oevvres morales et politiqves de Messire François Bacon.

    First published in 1633 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition 1633lesoevvresmo00baco
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  • Cover of: The essays or counsels, civil and moral, and Wisdom of the ancients

    First published in 1845 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition essaysorcounse00baco
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Subjects
Science, Methodology, Early works to 1800, Logic, Philosophy, History, English essays, Utopias, Natural history, Law, Pre-Linnean works, Induction (Logic), Conduct of life, Winds, Aphorisms and apothegms, English Philosophy, Philosophy of nature, Church of England, Correspondence, Legal maxims, Learning, Science, methodology, Philosophers, Uses (Law), Bacon, francis, 1909-1992
Places
Great Britain, England, Scotland, Spain, London, Philosophy, America, Bridewell, Europe, Grande-Bretagne, History, Legal maxims, Zhong shi ji, ying guo
People
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Robert Devereux Essex Earl of (1566-1601), Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Henry VII King of England (1457-1509), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Edward Squire (d. 1598), F. Pei gen (1561-1626 -- zhe xue), Frances Howard Carr Somerset Countess of (1593-1632), Francis Bacon (1909), Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Ganson Goodyear Depew (1895-1924), George Villiers Buckingham Duke of (1592-1628), George Villiers Buckingham Duke of (1628-1687), Henry Morley (1822-1894), Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547), James T. Boulton (1924-), Joseph Rawson Lumby (1831-1895), Pei gen (Bacon. Francis), Richard Walpole (1564-1607), Robert Devereux Essex Earl of (1565-1601), Robert Devereux Essex Earl of (1591-1646), Thomas Markby, Thomas Overbury Sir (1581-1613), Walter Raleigh Sir (1552?-1618), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
Time
Early modern, 1500-1700, 17th century, Henry VII, 1485-1509, James I, 1603-1625, Early works to 1800, Elizabeth, 1558-1603, 16th century, Charles I, 1625-1649, 1603-1625, The Union, 1707, Tudors, 1485-1603, 1492-1648, 1558-1603, 1625-1649, 1689-1745, 1691, 16e siècle, 17e siècle, 18th century, Yingguo, zhong shi ji

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  • Francis Bacon
  • Bacon, Francis Viscount St. Albans
  • Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans
  • Sir Francis Bacon
  • Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, etc
  • 1626
  • Bacon, Francis viscount St. Albans
  • Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne
  • Francis Bacon, John Milton, Sir Thomas Browne

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February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
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