Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 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.

References

• {{1911}}
• {{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}}
• Some material originally from the 1911 Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religion.