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Francis Bacon was born on January 22, 1561[1], in York House, Strand[2]. He died on April 9, 1626[3], in Highgate[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], writer[6], judge[7], politician[8], and lawyer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.45% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,135 views/month, #4,513 of 1,000,298).[10]
Field of work: philosophy[25], scientist[26], philosopher[27], politician[28], epistemology[29], empiricism[30], politics[31], science[32], history[33]
Position held: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England[34], Attorney General for England and Wales[35], Member of the 1572-83 Parliament[36], Member of the 1584-85 Parliament[37], Member of the 1586-87 Parliament[38], Member of the 1589 Parliament[39], Member of the 1593 Parliament[40], Member of the 1597-98 Parliament[41], Member of the 1601 Parliament[42], Member of the 1604-11 Parliament[43], Member of the 1614 Parliament[44], Lord Chancellor[45], Solicitor General for England and Wales[46], Lord Keeper of the Great Seal[47]
Educated at: Trinity College[48], University of Poitiers[49]
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Things named for Francis Bacon include Bacon's cipher[66] and Francis Bacon Award[67].
Why It Matters
Francis Bacon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] He is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
He has been cited as an influence by Benedictus de Spinoza[70], a philosopher[71], 1632–1677[72], of Dutch Republic[73], specialised in philosophy[74]; George Sand[75], a writer[76], 1804–1876[77], of France[78]; Percy Bysshe Shelley[79], a linguist[80], 1792–1822[81], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[82]; Thomas Hobbes[83], a political scientist[84], 1588–1679[85], of Kingdom of England[86], specialised in philosophy[87]; Robert Boyle[88], a physicist[89], 1627–1691[90], of Kingdom of England[91], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[92], specialised in physics[93]; and Thomas Browne[94], a philosopher[95], 1605–1682[96], of United Kingdom[97], specialised in philosophy[98].
He is credited with the discovery of hydroponics[99]. Works attributed to him include New Atlantis[100], Novum Organum[101], Essays[102], Fama Fraternitatis[103], The Advancement of Learning[104], and Confessio Fraternitatis[105]. Entities named for him include Bacon's cipher[66] and Francis Bacon Award[67].
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APA4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Francis Bacon. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/francis-bacon
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Depicted by→Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans (1561-1626) +1
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Archives at→Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität München
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