Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban

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Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban
also known as Lord Verulam

Works:

Bacon’s Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients (English)

Filosofiset mietelmät (Finnish)

Novum Organum (English)

Of Gardens (English)

The Advancement of Learning (English)

The Essays of Francis Bacon (English)

The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (English)

The gift of friendship (English)

The New Atlantis (English)

Valerius Terminus: Of the Interpretation of Nature (English)

Bacon in Literature:

• Jonson, Ben (1572-1637): On Bacon (English)

 

Born January 22 1561 York House, London (England)
Died April 9 1626 London (England)
Cause of death Pneumonia
Occupation Lawyer Novelist Philosopher
Occupation Statesman Writer
Titles Knight Bachelor Lord Chancellor (1617-1621)