Francis bacon scientist biography
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Francis bacon scientist biography
Francis Bacon
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
For other people named Francis Bacon, see Francis Bacon (disambiguation).Not to be confused with Roger Bacon.
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban,[a]1st Baron Verulam, PC (;[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.
Bacon argued the importance of natural philosophy, guided by scientific method, and his works remained influential throughout the Scientific Revolution.[6]
Bacon has been called the father of empiricism.[7] He argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature.
He believed that science could be achieved by the use of a sceptical and methodical approach whereby scientists aim to avoid misleading themselves. Although his most specific proposals about such a met