WHEN, some years ago, I set out to write about Sir Francis Bacon, the undertaking loomed frighteningly large. Not only had Bacon been written about copiously for more than three hundred years, but I ...

William Shakespeare was a commoner who wrote witty plays attended by Queen Elizabeth. Sir Francis Bacon was a noble who served as her Attorney General. Right? Well, if you’re a “Baconian,” someone who ...

Randall Sullivan discussing his theories with Rick and Marty Lagina. Pic credit: History On The Curse of Oak Island this week, the team continue to uncover incredible discoveries in Smith’s Cove, ...

Bear with me while I wax philosophical this week. Our title is from a famous essay by Francis Bacon. We will return to Sir Francis after we lay some groundwork. Except when we consider things divine, ...

I. FRANCIS BACON, who died on April 9, 1626, and whose tercentenary is to be celebrated at Cambridge on October 5 of the present year, was born at York Place, Strand, on January 22,1560/61. His father ...

The Baconian method is the investigative method developed by Sir Francis Bacon, one of the founders of modern science, and thus a first formulation of a modern scientific method. The method was put ...