Life Experience of

Francis Bacon

1701 张晓芳
CONTENTS

01 01 Early life(before 1581)

02 02 Political career

03 Literary pursuits
Early life

01
 Early Life

January 22, 1561

 the second child of Sir Nicholas
Bacon (Lord Keeper of the Seal) and
his second wife Lady Anne Cooke
Bacon

Lady Anne was highly erudite: she not only

had a perfect command of Greek and Latin, but
was also competent in Italian and French.
 Early life

In Gorhambury i Trinity College, At Gray's Inn in

n the 1560s Cambridge in 1573 London in 1576

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gaining admission to
the bar in 1582
Politician

02
Politician

1584 During James VI

1581
1601
1593

involvement in high
politics started in
The Commons 1584, when he In Elizabeth's Lord
as a member for wrote his first last parliament, Chancellor
fell out favor
Cornwall political . playing an
with the queen
memorandum, A extremely
Letter of Advice to active role.
Queen Elizabeth. .
 Politician

Impeached by Parliament for

corruption in 1621
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He was punished, dismissed from his

office, fined 40000 pounds and
imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Politician

Walsingham Earl of Essex

• Supported by Walsingham's patronage, Bacon played a role in the
investigation of English Catholics and argued for stern action against
Mary Queen of Scots.
• From the late 1580s onwards, Bacon turned to the Earl of Essex as
his patron.
Literary
Pursuits

03
 Literary Pursuits

His first book was published, the se

minal version of his Essays, which c
ontained only ten pieces. —entirely to his
1621-1626 philosophical work
famous
quinquennium
Bacon engaged in many schol
1597 Last five years
arly and literary pursuits in th
e 1590s
1626

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The way he died is a well known
anecdote in the literary history of
England. Bacon thought that snow
might be used as a preservative
instead of salt. He bought a fowl and
began his experiment but died of the
cold he caught during the experiment.
 
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