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Francis Bacon, 1561 - 1626
- philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist and author
- served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England
- despite political career ending in disgrace, still widely influential
- creator of the Baconian, or inductive, Method, generally known as the scientific method
- knighted
- created Baron Verulam (1618) and Viscount St Alban (1621)
- died while studying freezing for preservation of meat


