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Francis Bacon biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Sir Francis Bacon

Author Name:

Sir Francis Bacon

Born As:

Francis Bacon

Other Names:

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban KC.

Born:

22 Jan 1561

Died:

9 Apr 1626




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Philosopher, essayist and statesman                          
Selected Works:

Essays - 1597
The Elements of the Common Law of England - 1597
A Declaration of the Practises & Treasons Attempted and Committed by Robert, late Earl of Essex and his Complices - 1601
Francis Bacon His Apology, in Certain Imputations Concerning the late Earl of Essex - 1604
Certain Considerations Touching the Better Pacification and Edification of the Church of England - 1604
Valerius Terminus of the Interpretation of Nature - 1604
The Proficience and Advancement of Learning - 1605
De sapientia veterum liber - 1609
The Charge of Sir Francs Bacon, Knight, the King's Attorney-General, Touching Duels - 1614
The Wisdom of the Ancients - 1619
Novum Organum - 1620
The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh - 1622
Apophthegms, New and Old - 1625
The Translation of Certain Psalms - 1625
The New Atlantis - 1626
Sylva Sylvarum - 1627
Scripta in naturali et universli philisophia - pub. 1653                          
Mother Ann Cook
Father  Sir Nicholas Bacon - Francis was the youngest of five sons.                          
                          
Authors and scholars have claimed that Francis Bacon was the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and that Elizabeth's other secret biological son Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex - who the Queen forced Bacon to prosecute for treason. There is documented evidence that Elizabeth visited Nicholas Bacon's house at Gorhambury at least twice and was entertained by the 8 or 9 year old Francis. At the age of 17, Francis showed his biological mother, the Queen, his first draft of the tragedy of "Hamlet", and elicited her anger that a Prince of the house of Tudor should consort with actors and plays. She promptly sent him off to France with the ambassador Amias Paulet, arriving at Calais on the 25th of September 1576, and with him went straight to the Court of Henry III. of France.