England: Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626), portrait in oil by John Vanderbank (1649 - 1739) after a portrait by an unknown artist, c. 1618

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author.

He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.

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