| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Bacon, Francis |
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| An English author of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Bacon is known in philosophy for his defense of the scientific method (see Baconian method). In literature, he is known for his essays; they contain such memorable thoughts as “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.” | 1 |
| ‡ Bacon has sometimes been mentioned as a possible author of the plays commonly attributed to William Shakespeare. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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