Bacon, Francis, Viscount Saint Alban (or Albans), Baron Of Verulam

Also called (1603–18)  Sir Francis Bacon  lord chancellor of England (1618–21). A lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue, he is remembered in literary terms for the sharp worldly wisdom of a few dozen essays; by students of constitutional history for his power as a speaker in Parliament and in famous trials and as James I's lord chancellor; and intellectually