Alvarez, Ricky
Murray, Grant
11/14/03 Per. 2B
Mrs. Walker
Academie Resume
Name/Address: Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Strand, London, England
Objective: To show that I am the best possible candidate for this honor and to show that inductive reasoning is the proper scientific method.
Qualifications/ Life Experience:
Elected to House of Commons- 1584-1614
· Wrote letters of advice to Queen Elizabeth I
· Lost favor with Queen when he opposed a bill for royal subsidy
Proposed schemes for union in England and Scotland
Proposed ways to deal with Roman Catholics
In 1621, charged for taking bribes
· Confessed to charges
· Banished from Parliament
· Retired to his home and family to write
Employment:
· 1577- Assistant to an ambassador to France
· 1584- Elected to Parliament
· 1588- Named lecturer in legal studies at Gray’s Inn
· 1591- Advisor to the Earl of Essex
· 1603- Knighted for efforts of union of England and Scotland
· 1607- Named Solicitor General
· 1613- Named Attorney General
· 1616- Served as Privy Councilor
· 1618- Served as Lord Councilor
Education:
· Home schooled at early ages
· 1573- Attended Trinity College in Cambridge at age of twelve
· 1576- Studied law at Gray’s Inn
· 1582- Completed law degree
Summary of Major Works:
· Advancement of Learning- A review of the state of knowledge at the time published and presented to King James I in 1605
· Novum Organum (New Organon)- respect of the interpretation of nature, influenced acceptance of accurate observation and experiment in science
· History of Henry VI- showed knowledge of history and ability of scholarly research
· New Atlantis- formation of scientific academies
· Maxims of Laws
Personality References:
· Loren Eiseley- sees me as “the man who saw through time”
· Theodor Adorno- thought of me as one of the main “culprits of sciences continuing legacy of exploitation.”
· Theron Dixon- describes me as “a great and luminous intellect, one of the finest of this poetic progeny”