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| He believed that science should aim to improve the human condition and contribute to the advancement of society.[([[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/baroque-art1/beginners-guide-baroque1/a/francis-bacon-and-the-scientific-revolution|khanacademy]])] | He believed that science should aim to improve the human condition and contribute to the advancement of society.[([[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/baroque-art1/beginners-guide-baroque1/a/francis-bacon-and-the-scientific-revolution|khanacademy]])] |
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| | ===== Knighted And Became A Baron ===== |
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| | Bacon was knighted in 1603 and became a baron in 1618.[([[https://library.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/thematic-maps/bacon/bacon.html|princeton]])] |
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| | ===== Accused Of Corruption And Bribery ===== |
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| | He was accused of corruption and bribery during his time as Lord Chancellor and was subsequently impeached and fined.[([[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780823295579-011/pdf?licenseType=restricted|degruyter]])] |
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| | ===== Death ===== |
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| | He died on April 9, 1626, in Highgate, London.[([[https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/sir-francis-bacon|londonremembers]])] |
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| | ===== Pneumonia ===== |
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| | Bacon's death is believed to have been caused by pneumonia, which he contracted after stuffing a chicken with snow to see if it would preserve the meat.[([[https://homework.study.com/explanation/when-did-francis-bacon-die.html|study]])] |
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| | ===== William Shakespeare ===== |
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| | He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare, and there is speculation about whether they may have collaborated or influenced each other's work.[([[https://www.quora.com/Is-Francis-Bacon-William-Shakespeare|quora]])] |
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| | ===== Essays ===== |
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| | Bacon's essays, first published in 1597, cover a wide range of topics, including friendship, love, marriage, and morality.[([[https://pressbooks.pub/earlybritishlit/chapter/francis-bacon-essays/|pressbooks]])] |
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| | ===== Alchemy ===== |
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| | Bacon was interested in alchemy and believed in the possibility of transmuting base metals into gold.[([[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780271078038-006/html|degruyter]])] |
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| | ===== New Atlantis ===== |
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| | He wrote a utopian novel titled "New Atlantis," which describes a fictional society based on scientific principles.[([[https://publisherspanel.com/api/files/view/12810.pdf|Britannica]])] |
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| | ===== Unification Of Knowledge ===== |
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| | Bacon was an advocate for the unification of knowledge and the cooperation of scholars from different disciplines.[([[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/|stanford]])] |
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| | ===== Establishment Of Scientific Institutions ===== |
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| | He proposed the establishment of scientific institutions, including a "Great Instauration" of the sciences.[([[https://iep.utm.edu/francis-bacon/|iep]])] |
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| | ===== Impactful ===== |
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| | Bacon's philosophical writings had a significant impact on the Enlightenment thinkers of the 18th century.[([[https://www.quora.com/What-were-Sir-Francis-Bacons-and-Rene-Descartes-influence-on-enlightenment-and-enlightenment-thinkers|quora]])] |
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| | ===== Fluent In Many Languages ===== |
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| | He was fluent in several languages, including Latin, French, and Italian.[([[https://books.openedition.org/enseditions/2581|openedition]])] |
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| | ===== Marked With Tragedy ===== |
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| | Bacon's personal life was marked by tragedy, including the deaths of his mother, father, and brother.[([[https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/francis-bacon|biography]])] |
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| | ===== No Family ===== |
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| | He never married and had no children of his own.[([[https://www.quora.com/Do-you-agree-with-Francis-Bacon-that-to-maximize-your-life-either-being-prodigious-or-living-in-mystery-it-is-best-to-stay-unmarried-and-no-child|quora]])] |
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| In his work //De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum// (1623), he reviewed and personally classified all the sciences. Bacon divided them into history/memory (the description of facts that have previously occurred), poetry/imagination and philosophy/reason (any kind of cognition). [([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22702164/|National Library of Medicine]])] | In his work //De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum// (1623), he reviewed and personally classified all the sciences. Bacon divided them into history/memory (the description of facts that have previously occurred), poetry/imagination and philosophy/reason (any kind of cognition). [([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22702164/|National Library of Medicine]])] |
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