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 He believed that science should aim to improve the human condition and contribute to the advancement of society.[([[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/baroque-art1/beginners-guide-baroque1/a/francis-bacon-and-the-scientific-revolution|khanacademy]])]
+===== Knighted And Became A Baron =====
+Bacon was knighted in 1603 and became a baron in 1618.[([[https://library.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/thematic-maps/bacon/bacon.html|princeton]])]
+===== Accused Of Corruption And Bribery =====
+He was accused of corruption and bribery during his time as Lord Chancellor and was subsequently impeached and fined.[([[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780823295579-011/pdf?licenseType=restricted|degruyter]])]
+===== Death =====
+He died on April 9, 1626, in Highgate, London.[([[https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/sir-francis-bacon|londonremembers]])]
+===== Pneumonia =====
+Bacon's death is believed to have been caused by pneumonia, which he contracted after stuffing a chicken with snow to see if it would preserve the meat.[([[https://homework.study.com/explanation/when-did-francis-bacon-die.html|study]])]
+===== William Shakespeare =====
+He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare, and there is speculation about whether they may have collaborated or influenced each other's work.[([[https://www.quora.com/Is-Francis-Bacon-William-Shakespeare|quora]])]
+===== Essays =====
+Bacon's essays, first published in 1597, cover a wide range of topics, including friendship, love, marriage, and morality.[([[https://pressbooks.pub/earlybritishlit/chapter/francis-bacon-essays/|pressbooks]])]
+===== Alchemy =====
+Bacon was interested in alchemy and believed in the possibility of transmuting base metals into gold.[([[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780271078038-006/html|degruyter]])]
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 In his work //De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum// (1623), he reviewed and personally classified all the sciences. Bacon divided them into history/memory (the description of facts that have previously occurred), poetry/imagination and philosophy/reason (any kind of cognition). [([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22702164/|National Library of Medicine]])]
-==== Headline ====
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