Landon Harris FRANCIS BACON
Landon Harris
FRANCIS BACON
• Sir Francis Bacon
• January 22nd, 1561 – April 9th, 1626
• Nationality: English
• Natural philosopher; lord chancellor of England; scientific revolution
BACKGROUND INFO
• Anne Cooke & Sir Nicholas Bacon; youngest son• Trinity College, Cambridge• Disliked standard academic philosophy • 1576 – Gray’s Inn law school• Father’s death at 18• Gained seat in parliament at 23• Career suffered w/ relatives (Cecil family)• Earl of Essex favor/refusal
BACKGROUND INFO CONT.
• Various essays - 1597• The Advancement of Learning – 1605• On Ancient Wisdom – 1609• The Beginning of the History of Great Britain - 1610• Novum Organum – 1620• History of the Reign of King Henry VII – 1622• New Atlantis – 1627
POPULAR WORKS
• Knighted at James’ 1st accession• Treasurer of Gray’s Inn – 1608• Attorney General – 1613• Lord Chancellor – 1618• Baron Verulam – 1618• Viscount St. Albans – 1621
SOME ACHIEVEMENTS
• Founding father of scientific revolution
• 1621, found guilty of bribery
• Married a 14 year old, Alice Barnham
• Died of pneumonia in 1626
FUN FACTS
For I am well assured that this which I shall say is no amplification at all, but a positive and measured truth;
which is, that there hath not been since Christ's time any king or temporal monarch which hath been so learned in all
literature and erudition, divine and human. For let a man seriously and diligently revolve and peruse the succession
of the Emperors of Rome, of which Caesar the Dictator (who lived some years before Christ) and Marcus Antoninus were the best learned, and so descend to the Emperors of Graecia, or of the West, and then to the lines of France, Spain, England, Scotland, and the rest, and he shall find
this judgment is truly made.
THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING EXCERPT
• Graphite pencil invented – 1565 • Bottled beer – 1568• Mercator map projection – 1569• Knitting machine (stocking
frame) – 1589• Water thermometer – 1593
• Artwork was very natural; flowers, trees, everyday life, etc.
• Homes were of “half-timbering” style
• Music ranged from ballads to simple tones from guitars and lutes.
16TH CENTURY
• Political issues and religion clashed
• 1517 – Luther challenged church (Germany)
• 1558 – Elizabeth named queen
• 1579 – California claimed for England
• April Fools came about; New calendar issued
• “Bloody Mary” tried to counter Protestant Reformation
16TH CENTURY CONT.
• Refracting telescope – 1608
• Human powered submarine – 1620
• Blood transfusion – 1624• Steam turbine – 1629
• More so classical music• Realistic, yet religious,
artwork (paintings, mostly)
17TH CENTURY
• 1603 – Queen Elizabeth dies
• 1605 – Gunpowder plot (Jesuit Treason) failed
• 1616 – Shakespeare dies• 1642 – English Civil War• 1647 – 7 year old
becomes sultan (Constantinople)
• 1663 – Robert Hooke discovers cells
17TH CENTURY CONT.
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