| Francis Bacon  Born: 22-Jan-1561
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 9-Apr-1626
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Trinity Chapel College, Cambridge University, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay
Occupation: Philosopher, Government Nationality: England
Executive summary: Novum Organum Father: Sir Nicholas Bacon (b. 1509, d. Feb-1579)
Mother: Ann Cooke Bacon (b. 1528, d. 1610)
University: Trinity College, Cambridge University (1573-75)
Lord Chancellor of England (1618–21)
UK Member of Parliament 1584
Knight of the British Empire 1603
Debtor's Prison
Bribery 1621, two charges, fined 40,000 pounds
Pardoned 1624
Author of books:
An Advertisement Touching the Controversies of the Church of England (1589)
Apologie in Certaine Imputations Concerning the Late Earle of Essex (1604)
Advancement of Learning (1605)
De Sapientia Veterum (1609, "The Wisdom of the Ancients")
Novum Organum (1620)
Historia Ventorum (1622, "History of the Winds")
Historia Vitae et Mortis (1623, "History of Life and Death")
De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum (1623)
The New Atlantis (1626)
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