Francis Bacon

Born: Jan. 22, 1561
Where: London, Eng.
Died: April 9, 1626
Where: London

Francis Bacon is an English lawyer, statesman, essayist, historian, author intellectual reformer, philosopher, and champion of modern science. His works established and popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method or simply, the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today. Francis Bacon influenced all of science, once proclaiming, “I have taken all knowledge to be my province.”

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Francis was a big influence on enlightenment because of his love for science and natural philosophy. His creation of the scientific method is a perfect example of enlightenment. It was a new approach for problem solving and the enlightenment is basically an new approach in beliefs.

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