Sir Francis Bacon (jan 1, 1561 – jan 1, 1626)
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Promoter of the scientific methodBelieved that knowledge should be acquired through induction (systematic accumulation of observations and experiments, not through abstract reasoning (saying that something follows from something else that is true)
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jan 1, 1561
jan 1, 1626
~ 65 years