Happy Birthday, Sir Francis Bacon, Historian, Lawyer, Politician and Philosopher

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	Happy Birthday, Sir Francis Bacon, Historian, Lawyer, Politician and Philosopher

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1-22-2009 6:41 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/63b6c3d1-740a-4c85-beac-d88d5352f5fa/699AE98D-5861-457D-A2FE-AC4AA5AF7DDD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/b/sir-francis-bacon.html" href="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/b/sir-francis-bacon.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.findingdulcinea.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/b/sir-francis-bacon.html"><H1 id="article_capsule_headline">Happy Birthday, Sir Francis Bacon, Historian, Lawyer, Politician and Philosopher   </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/b/sir-francis-bacon.html"><DIV id="article_capsule_deck">Sir Francis Bacon impressed Queen Elizabeth I with his intelligence when he was a teenager. Bacon held various positions in King James I’s government, but was ultimately exiled from court for accepting a bribe. In addition to his ignobly concluded political career, Bacon wrote essays and books on history, law and philosophy throughout his life. 
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		<A href="http://bacon.thefreelibrary.com/">Francis Bacon</A> was born on January 22, 1561, in London. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, keeper of the Great Seal for Queen Elizabeth I. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/b/sir-francis-bacon.html"><DIV> Bacon was educated at home until he was 12, when he went to study at Trinity College at Cambridge. He remained there from 1573–1575; during this period, he met the queen, who was <A href="http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/bacon/bio.php">reportedly taken with his intellectual prowess</A>. Although he never completed his degree, Bacon took an interest in philosophy, which he pursued throughout his life.  </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/699AE98D-5861-457D-A2FE-AC4AA5AF7DDD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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