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Born: January 22, 1561
Died: April 9, 1626 (aged 65)
Bio: Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.
Known for:
  1. Novum Organum (1620)
  2. Essays (1597)
  3. New Atlantis (1624)
  4. The Advancement of Learning (1605)
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man, nature, god, mind, time, knowledge, true, human, truth, business, virtue, power, wise, light, speech

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