{"slug": "francis-bacon", "label": "Francis Bacon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37388", "qid": "Q37388", "description": "English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1561, 1626], "span_label": ["1561 CE", "1626 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tower-of-london", "label": "Tower of London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lord-chancellor", "label": "Lord Chancellor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aristotle", "label": "Aristotle", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, scientist, and statesman (d. 1626)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358043209#Births", "title": "1561", "revid": 1358043209, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The first edition of Francis Bacon's Essays is published.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#Date_unknown", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Francis Bacon's Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human is published in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#October–December", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – Francis Bacon is appointed as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and is designated by King James I to serve as regent during the time that the King of England is away from Westminster to travel to Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#January–March", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 – Lord Clifton is imprisoned at the Tower of London for threatening Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor. Clifton is prosecuted by the Star Chamber on March 17 and eventually commits suicide in Fleet Prison.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#October–December", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1620, "year_label": "1620 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Francis Bacon publishes the Novum Organum (beyond Aristotle's Organon) on logical thinking. 1.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363705489#Date_unknown", "title": "1620", "revid": 1363705489, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1626, "year_label": "1626 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – Francis Bacon, English scientist and statesman (b. 1561)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367580131#Deaths", "title": "1626", "revid": 1367580131, "section": "Deaths"}}]}