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Bacon, Francis
1- An English politician, scientist, and author of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; one of the leaders of the Renaissance in England . ( See also under 鈥淟iterature in English.鈥 )
Bacon, Francis
2- An English author of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Bacon is known in philosophy for his defense of the scientific method ( see Baconian method ). In literature, he is known for his essays ; they contain such memorable thoughts as 鈥淩eading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.鈥
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Campbell鈥檚 Life of Bacon: 鈥淔rancis was sickly and unable to join in the rough sports suited for boys of robust constitution,鈥 if so he could not have described them so vividly and true; his poetry, such specimens as we have, is hardly-third rate, his prose on stilts, his history discredited.聽
B Bacon, Francis, Lord, fillip given to scientific study by, 324.
Bacon, Francis, Lord; a believer in occult science, 646鈥649; his philosophy, 650, 660.
Bacon, Francis, engraved title to Novum Organum, 288 Badius Ascensius, Jodocus, printer at Lyon and Paris, 170 Bagford, John, his copies from block-books, 19 B锟絤ler, Johann, illustrated books, 104 Bankes, Robert, London printer, 216 Banks, Sir Joseph, his natural history books, 5 Barbier, Jean, partner of Julyan Notary, 214 Barcelona, early printing, 75; illustration, 162 Barclay, Alexander, translator of Sallust, 217; of Gringore鈥檚 Chasteau de Labeur, 230, 254, 256 Barker, Robert, Royal Printer, 216 sq.
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