Thomas Delorey (1543-1600)
John Lyly (1554-1606)
Thomas Lodge
Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86)
Robert Greene (1560-92)
Prose Writers
Roger Ascham 1515-68
Sir Thomas Overbury 1581-1613
Sermon Writers
James Ussher 1581-1656
Joseph Hall 1574-1656
Translations
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Virgil was translated by Phaer 1558 and Stanyhurst 1562
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Plutarch’s Lives by North 1579
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Ovid by Golding 1565 and 1567, Tuberville 1567, Chapman 1595
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Homer by Chapman 1598
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Plutarch’s morals by HollandAriosto’s Orlando Furioso by Harrington 1591
Pamphleteers
Thomash Nash
Robert Green
Thomas Lodge
Essayists
Francis Bacon
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Born in London, 22 January, 1561
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Father, Sir Nicholas bacon was the Lord Keeper of the Great seal under Queen Elizabeth I, she called his father “Little Lord Keeper”
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Bacon’s political career flourished during the reign of King James I
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He was sent to Cambridge in 1573 but he left it in 1575 saying that all education based on Aristotle was erong.
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In 1574 he went to France with English ambassador where he studied statistics and diplomacy.
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In 1576 his father died and now he had to depend upon his uncle.
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He studied law and was called to the bar in 1582.
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Knighted in 1603, then became Solicitor General, then Lord Chancellor, then lord keeper of Great seal. Also became a member of the Privy Council and received two titles: Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans.
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Political career ended in 1621, when he was impeached for taking bribe. 4 year Prison
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English lawyer, statesman, essayist, historian, intellectual reformer, philosopher, and pioneer of modern science.
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Bacon is known as the father of empiricism
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Works
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A Letter of Advice to Queen Elizabeth: his first political memorandum, which earned him instant attention
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Essays: Religious Meditations 1597
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The Elements of the Common Law of England 1597
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A Declaration of the Practises and Treasons attempted and committed by Robert, late Earl of Essex and his complies 1601
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Sir Francis Bacon his Apology, in Certain Imputations Concerning the Late Earl of Essex 1604
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The Proficient and Advencement of Learning 1605
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De Sapientia Veterum Liber 1609
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The Charge of Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, the King’s Attorney-General, Touching Duels 1614
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The Wisdom of the Ancients 1619
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Novum Organum 1620
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The History of the Reign of King Henry VII 1622
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The History of Winds 1622
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De Augmentis Scientiarum 1623
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Apoph Thegms, New and Old 1625
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Science Fiction:
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The New Atlantis 1626
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Richard Hooker 1554-1600
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Laws of Ecclesiastical Policy