Unit 4 Performance Task
Francis Bacon
Former Lord Chancellor Did you know Francis Bacon is known as the father of The Scientific Method? Moreover, Francis Bacon was a former Lord Chancellor when worked under the Queen’s reign. When James I became King, he stayed within the King’s favor. Sir Edward Coke disliked Bacon as he was engaged to his wife and accused him of corruption and despair. He eventually went on to press charges. Francis Bacon was born on January 22th, 1561 at York House in Strand, London. London is in the United Kingdom, which is located on the continent of Europe. He is also known as 1st. Viscount St. Alban Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon. His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon and his mother was Anne Bacon. …show more content…
As he studied, he was believed to have thought that his methods and results of science that he practiced were erroneous, or incorrect. He also learned to respect the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle and his respect for him conflicted with Aristotelian Philosophy. Afterwards on June 27th, 1576, he and his older brother Anthony Bacon visited de societate magistrorum, or Latin for the partnership of teachers, at Gray’s Inn. Several months later, after this event, Francis Bacon went abroad with Sir Amias Paulet, an English diplomat, a former Governor of Jersey and a jailer, or prison officer for a brief period for Mary, Queen of Scots. Bacon and Paulet, the English Ambassador visited Paris while Anthony continued his studies at home. The state of government and society in France, under Henry III, managed to afford him valuable political instruction, or tuition. For the next three years prior to his studies, Francis Bacon visited several places, including Blois, Poitiers, Tours, Italy, and Spain. During these three years, Bacon studied language, statecraft, and civil law while performing diplomatic tasks daily. Every so often during this brief time period, he occasionally delivered diplomatic letters to …show more content…
He has looked up to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle and followed his teachings. Ordinarily an English Philosopher, he has also been countless other employments including: Statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He has not only served as a former Lord Chancellor of England, but also as a former Attorney General for England as well. Conversely, he is known to many as the father of Empiricism and developed the Baconian Method, a way of how people should live. He was knighted in 1603 and was appointed 1st. Lord Viscount St. Alban in 1621. His contributions have also helped base for the foundation of the a Scientific Revolution. He is credited with starting an entirely new intellectual era and played a key role in the creation of English colonies in North America. Life without the English Philosopher and Former Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon would not be the same. If Francis Bacon ceased to exist, the Scientific Method may or may not have been discovered yet or would have been developed by someone else. Not only that, but ordinarily enough, life may have been different as he also developed the Baconian Method, a method of how people should live their lives. He wrote many philosophical works of literature and had he not existed, Francis Bacon would have not created these fascinating books. Many philosophers and scientists challenged his ideas and his support of
Francis Bacon
Former Lord Chancellor Did you know Francis Bacon is known as the father of The Scientific Method? Moreover, Francis Bacon was a former Lord Chancellor when worked under the Queen’s reign. When James I became King, he stayed within the King’s favor. Sir Edward Coke disliked Bacon as he was engaged to his wife and accused him of corruption and despair. He eventually went on to press charges. Francis Bacon was born on January 22th, 1561 at York House in Strand, London. London is in the United Kingdom, which is located on the continent of Europe. He is also known as 1st. Viscount St. Alban Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon. His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon and his mother was Anne Bacon. …show more content…
As he studied, he was believed to have thought that his methods and results of science that he practiced were erroneous, or incorrect. He also learned to respect the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle and his respect for him conflicted with Aristotelian Philosophy. Afterwards on June 27th, 1576, he and his older brother Anthony Bacon visited de societate magistrorum, or Latin for the partnership of teachers, at Gray’s Inn. Several months later, after this event, Francis Bacon went abroad with Sir Amias Paulet, an English diplomat, a former Governor of Jersey and a jailer, or prison officer for a brief period for Mary, Queen of Scots. Bacon and Paulet, the English Ambassador visited Paris while Anthony continued his studies at home. The state of government and society in France, under Henry III, managed to afford him valuable political instruction, or tuition. For the next three years prior to his studies, Francis Bacon visited several places, including Blois, Poitiers, Tours, Italy, and Spain. During these three years, Bacon studied language, statecraft, and civil law while performing diplomatic tasks daily. Every so often during this brief time period, he occasionally delivered diplomatic letters to …show more content…
He has looked up to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle and followed his teachings. Ordinarily an English Philosopher, he has also been countless other employments including: Statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He has not only served as a former Lord Chancellor of England, but also as a former Attorney General for England as well. Conversely, he is known to many as the father of Empiricism and developed the Baconian Method, a way of how people should live. He was knighted in 1603 and was appointed 1st. Lord Viscount St. Alban in 1621. His contributions have also helped base for the foundation of the a Scientific Revolution. He is credited with starting an entirely new intellectual era and played a key role in the creation of English colonies in North America. Life without the English Philosopher and Former Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon would not be the same. If Francis Bacon ceased to exist, the Scientific Method may or may not have been discovered yet or would have been developed by someone else. Not only that, but ordinarily enough, life may have been different as he also developed the Baconian Method, a method of how people should live their lives. He wrote many philosophical works of literature and had he not existed, Francis Bacon would have not created these fascinating books. Many philosophers and scientists challenged his ideas and his support of