Bacon

Francis, Lord Verulam, was bom in 1561 A.D., and died in 1626 A.D. He ought not to be called Lord Bacon. He was the first to dream of a larger science based on reverent and persistent inquiry into the laws of nature. He was always trying to mediate between Crown and Commons, and ended his political career in dee£ disgrace, after having been accused of taking bribes. His scientific and philosophical fame is immortal. He threw over Aristo tel i an deductive logic, and by the impetus ot his inductive method practically created modem science. His most important philosophical works arc The Advancement of Learning and the Xorum Organum, but his excellent English prose is seen best in his E ays and his History of Henry VII.