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Sir Francis Bacon

noun

English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626). Synonyms: 1st Baron Verulam, Bacon, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans.

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... Master of Trinity, Strype says he had bred up under him not only several Bishops, but also "the Earls of Worcester and Cumberland, the Lord Zouch, the Lord Dunboy of Ireland, Sir Nicolas and Sir Francis Bacon. To which I may add one more, namely, the son of Sir Nicolas White, Master of the Rolls in Ireland, who married a Devereux." (Life, i. ...

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