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Ba·con       [bey-kuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans), 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
2.Francis, 1910–92, English painter, born in Ireland.
3.Henry, 1866–1924, U.S. architect.
4.Nathaniel, 1647–76, American colonist, born in England: leader of a rebellion in Virginia 1676.
5.Roger (“The Admirable Doctor”), 1214?–94?, English philosopher and scientist.
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Bacon 2, Francis 1909-1992.  
Irish-born British painter best known for his portraits in which subjects are distorted and invested with feelings of terror.

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Bacon, Francis

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 “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”

Note: Bacon has sometimes been mentioned as a possible author of the plays commonly attributed to William Shakespeare.

[Chapter:] Literature in English


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Bacon, Francis

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 “Literature in English.”)


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