Jeff Scudder
World History Honors
Sir Francis Bacon

	Sir Francis Bacon was an English Philosopher. He was born in 1561 and died in 1626. He was born on January 22, at York House in London. While growing up he went to the University of Cambridge and Trinity College. This man is most credited with formulating a sequence of instructions to perfom scientific expirements. This sequence is called the Scientific Method.
	The scientific method consists of five steps that are still used today while carrying out any expirement. These steps include, recording data, designing an experiment, carrying out that experiment, choosing a control, and variable and, and many other branches of these steps exist.
The scientific method is still used today, and is the universal way to carry out an experiment.
	Bacon was also a credited statesmen and politician in England. During his life as a politician, he helped unify Scotland and England, and he helped with peace between Roman Catholics. He also mailed letters to the Queen, and he suggested all sorts of excellent ideas for the country to improve themselves. Bacon wanted to get the King's attention all the time. So he wrote many statepapers, and essays. He even has a group of essays which are famously credited and preserved.
	Francis Bacon was a great scientist, he also did work on Botany, which is the study of plants. During his lifetime he was knighted, for being an exceptional politician, and he invented a method for solving scientific quieries. He is a man who will go down in history.