1561 – Francis Bacon – bio
Francis Bacon was born in London, England in 1561 and while he was known as an author, a lawyer, a statesman and philosopher, he also is credited with creating a methodology for scientific inquiry.
Bacon’s primary work, the “Instauratio Magna” (Great Restoration), was never finished but was outlined in six parts to follow a biblical pattern:
- Divisions of the Sciences
- Directions concerning the Interpretation of Nature (Novum Organum)
- Natural and Experimental History for the foundation of Philosophy
- Ladder of Intellect
- Anticipations of the New Philosophy (never written)
- Active Science (never written)
PRECURSOR:
-0460 – Democritus
-0460 – Zeno (of Elea)
-0384 – Aristotle
1126 – ibn Rushd (Averroes)
1170 – Grosseteste
1214 – Bacon (Roger)
1473 – Copernicus
1493 – Paracelsus
CONCURRENT:
1509 – Telesio
1533 – Zabarella
1544 – Gilbert
1564 – Galileo
1578 – Harvey
1588 – Hobbes
1596 – Descartes
SUBSEQUENT:
1627 – Boyle
1632 – Locke
1642 – Newton
1711 – Hume
1743 – Jefferson
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