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Francis Bacon


 

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC (22 January 15619 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, spy, freemason and essayist. He was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Albans in 1621; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.

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