Francis Bacon: The Temper of a Man

245 pp. Francis Bacon, in full Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban, also called (1603 - 18) Sir Francis Bacon, (born January 22, 1561, York House, London, England - died April 9, 1626, London), 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 as a man who claimed all knowledge as his province and, after a magisterial survey, urgently advocated new ways by which man might establish a legitimate command over nature for the relief of his estate. - Britannica