Baron Verulam

Baron Verulam
Bacon Bacon, Francis Bacon Francis Baconprop. n. Francis Bacon. A celebrated English philosopher, jurist, and statesman, son of Sir Nicholas Bacon. Born at York House, London, Jan. 22, 1561: died at Highgate, April 9, 1626, created {Baron Verulam} July 12, 1618, and {Viscount St. Albans} Jan. 27, 1621: commonly, but incorrectly, called {Lord Bacon}. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, April, 1573, to March, 1575, and at Gray's Inn 1575; became attached to the embassy of Sir Amias Paulet in France in 1576; was admitted to the bar in 1582; entered Parliament in 1584; was knighted in 1603; became solicitor-general in 1607, and attorney-general in 1613; was made a privy councilor in 1616, lord keeper in 1617, and lord chancellor in 1618; and was tried in 1621 for bribery, condemned, fined, and removed from office. A notable incident of his career was his connection with the Earl of Essex, which began in July, 1591, remained an intimate friendship until the fall of Essex (1600-01), and ended in Bacon's active efforts to secure the conviction of the earl for treason. (See Essex.) His great fame rests upon his services as a reformer of the methods of scientific investigation; and though his relation to the progress of knowledge has been exaggerated and misunderstood, his reputation as one of the chief founders of modern inductive science is well grounded. His chief works are the "Advancement of Learning," published in English as "The Two Books of Francis Bacon of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning Divine and Human," in 1605; the "Novum organum sive indicia vera de interpretatione naturae," published in Latin, 1620, as a "second part" of the (incomplete) "Instauratio magna"; the "De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum," published in Latin in 1623; "Historia Ventorum" (1622), "Historia Vitae et Mortis" (1623), "Historia Densi et Rari" (posthumously, 1658), "Sylva Sylvarum" (posthumously, 1627), "New Atlantis," "Essays" (1597, 1612, 1625), "De Sapientia Veterum" (1609), "Apothegms New and Old," "History of Henry VII." (1622). Works edited by Ellis, Spedding, and Heath (7 vols. 1857); Life by Spedding (7 vols. 1861, 2 vols. 1878). See Shakspere. --Century Dict. 1906. [PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Baron Verulam — The title Baron Verulam was created in two separate and unrelated instances, first in the Peerage of England then in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was firstly created for the English philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (who was later… …   Wikipedia

  • Baron Verulam — noun English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561 1626) • Syn: ↑Bacon, ↑Francis Bacon, ↑Sir Francis Bacon, ↑1st Baron Verulam, ↑Viscount St. Albans • Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • 1st Baron Verulam — noun English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561 1626) • Syn: ↑Bacon, ↑Francis Bacon, ↑Sir Francis Bacon, ↑Baron Verulam, ↑Viscount St. Albans • Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Verulam — may refer to:People* Baron Verulam * Earl of VerulamPlaces* Verulam, KwaZulu Natal * Verulam Township, Ontario * Common abbreviation of Verulamium, third largest city in Roman Britain, near modern day St AlbansOther* HMS Verulam (ship) * Verulam… …   Wikipedia

  • Verulam Township, Ontario — The Township of Verulam was a rural township municipality within the former Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. It was bounded on the north by the geographic township of Somerville, the south by the geographic township of Emily, the west by the… …   Wikipedia

  • Verulam — noun a) (more often named Verulamium) b) Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans …   Wiktionary

  • Baron Grimston of Westbury — Baron Grimston of Westbury, of Westbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1964 for the Conservative politician and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Robert Grimston. He had… …   Wikipedia

  • Verulam — [ver′yo͞o ləm] Baron see BACON Francis * * * …   Universalium

  • Verulam — [ver′yo͞o ləm] Baron see BACON Francis …   English World dictionary

  • Barón — (Probablemente del germ. *baro, hombre libre.) ► sustantivo 1 Título nobiliario que, en España, sigue en importancia al de vizconde. 2 POLÍTICA Persona importante y poderosa de un partido político: ■ se convirtió en el barón que catapultó la… …   Enciclopedia Universal

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”