BACON

Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), English philosopher and author. He developed a method of thought in which he insisted that investigation must begin with observable facts. —Quotes Book Glossary (app. Nov 1990)

Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), English philosopher and author. He developed a method of thought in which he insisted that investigation must begin with observable facts.Roger Bacon (1214? - 1294), English philosopher and man of science who experimented in alchemy and optics. Bacon was accused of dealing in black magic and confined in Paris for ten years for heretical writings. Many of his writings were written in secret cipher.Francis Bacon, (1561--1626) English philosopher and author. His opposition to the dependence upon authority, his emphasis on the need for new methods if learning was to advance, and his insistence that investigation should begin with observable facts rather than with theories made him an important figure in the history of scientific thought. Read the list, man Bacon, Spencer-just read them off, bang! bang! bang!