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Baron Verulam

noun

English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626). Synonyms: 1st Baron Verulam, Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans.

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... died. But with the new King his fortunes began to rise. First he was made Sir Francis Bacon, then from one honor to another he rose until he became at last Lord High Chancellor of England, the highest judge in the land. A few months later, he was made a peer with the title of Baron Verulam. A few years later at the age of sixty he went still one step higher ...

— English Literature For Boys And Girls • H.E. Marshall

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