Francis Bacon (may 29, 1561 – may 28, 1626)
Description:
Advocated inductive or experimental method: observation of natural phenomena, accumulating data, experimenting to refine data, drawing conclusions and formulating principles subject to continual observation and experimentation; credited as original empiricistAdded to timeline:
Date:
may 29, 1561
may 28, 1626
~ 65 years