English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
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A few months later, he was made a peer with the title of Baron Verulam.
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He had been created Baron Verulam.
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Bacon, Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans (1561 - 1626) and Baconianism
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Bacon chose the name of Baron Verulam from the name of the old Roman city Verulamium which was afterwards called St. Albans.
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Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam and Viscount St. Albans, is called by one of his contemporaries, "the eloquentest man in England."
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In July 1618 he was raised to the permanent peerage as Baron Verulam, and in January 1621 received the title of Viscount St. Albans.
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Baron Verulam himself treads a heavy gait beside this airy elfin scamper.
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Baron Verulam 1618, and Viscount St. Albans 1621.