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Francis Bacon was born on January 22, 1561 at York House, The Strand, London, England. -His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper of the Seal.
- His mother Lady Anne Cooke, an intellectual, as well as daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, the Tutor to the Tudor Royal Family. -
Francis Bacon's life and death
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Entered Trinity College, Cambridge at the age 12.
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Studied Law at Grays Inn, London.
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Interrupted his studies to take up an appointment of an assistant to Sir Amias Paulet, the ambassador in France.
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Yeah. ( o o)
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Took a seat in Parliament in the House of Commons in 1584 for Melcombe in Dorset.
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Took up a seat in Parliament for Taunton.
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Francis Bacon was named lecturer in parliament in legal studies at Gray's Inn.
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Francis Bacon entered the service of Robert Devereux the Queen's favorite Earl of Essex.
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Openly criticised the new levy tax levy and offended Queen Elizabeth I in the process.
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Francis Bacon wrote "Gesta Grayorum"
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Queen Elizabeth relented and appointed Francis Bacon as a member of her Extraordinary Counsel
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Francis Bacon wrote “The Colours of Good and Evil”
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He became one of the Prosecutors of the Earl of Essex, even though he had originally been one of his supporters
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He was knighted by the new King, King James the First
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Queen Elizabeth dies on 24 March 1603 of of blood poisoning. James I of England, James VI of Scotland, is proclaimed King
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Appointed King’s Counsel
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Francis Bacon wrote “The Advancement of Learning”
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Appointed Solicitor General
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Appointed Clerk of the notorious Star Chamber
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Appointed Attorney General
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Made a member of the Privy Council
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Appointed Lord Keeper of the Royal Seal
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Francis Bacon married Alice Barnham
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Appointed Lord Chancellor
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Francis Bacon wrote “Novum Organum”
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He was arrested and charged with bribery. After pleading guilty, he was heavily fined and sentenced to a prison term in the Tower of London. He was a disgraced and fallen man
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Sir Francis Bacon wrote “Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis”. “History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh"
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Sir Francis Bacon wrote "De Augmentis Scientarum"
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Sir Francis Bacon wrote "Apothegms"
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Sir Francis Bacon wrote “Slyva Sylvanum” (including New Atlantis)
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Francis Bacon died on April 9th, 1626 contracting pneumonia while testing his theory of the preservative and insulating properties of snow.
