English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
1A few months later, he was made a peer with the title of Baron Verulam.
2He had been created Baron Verulam.
3Bacon, Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans (1561 - 1626) and Baconianism
4Bacon chose the name of Baron Verulam from the name of the old Roman city Verulamium which was afterwards called St. Albans.
5Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam and Viscount St. Albans, is called by one of his contemporaries, "the eloquentest man in England."
6In July 1618 he was raised to the permanent peerage as Baron Verulam, and in January 1621 received the title of Viscount St. Albans.
7Baron Verulam himself treads a heavy gait beside this airy elfin scamper.
8Baron Verulam 1618, and Viscount St. Albans 1621.
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