Francis Bacon

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  • 1573

    He entered Trinity College in Cambridge.

    Entering college triggered his lifelong opposition to Aristotelianism.
  • 1576

    He began reading law at Gray's Inn

  • A setback in his career.

    The Queen took personal offense to his criticism of the new tax levy.

  • Appointed King's Counsel.

  • Named Solicitor General.

  • Appointed Clerk of the Star Chamber.

  • Appointed Attorney General.

  • Made a member of the Privy Counsel.

  • Appointed Lord Keeper of the Royal Seal (his father's former office).

  • Made Lord Chancellor.

  • Bacon Died.

    It is thought that he contracted a cold or pneumonia while testing his theory of the preservatives and insulating properties.