Sir Francis Bacon                                                                                 Sir Francis Bacon was born January 22, 1561. He died April 9, 1626. He was an English essayist, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher . He had a major influence on the philosophy of science. When he was 12 years old, he began studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1576 he entered Gray's Inn to pursue a career in law. He was first elected in 1584.         Bacon's opposition to royal tax measures would probably have brought an end to his political advancement, …showed first 75 words of 447 total…

…showed last 75 words of 447 total…the eighteenth century, Voltaire and Diderot considered him the father of modern sentence. Other works of Bacon's include his essays from 1597-1625 and the New Atlantis in 1627. So nineteenth century writers suggested that Bacon was the real author of Shakespeare's plays, but this theory is discounted by most scholars. Bibliography:          World Book Encyclopedia, Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1962. Volume B Pp. 18.         Wegman, Richard J., Medical and Health Encyclopedia, New York: Ferguson Publishing Company, 1992, Pp. 491-492.