# Sir Francis Bacon

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</div></div>Francis wurde als Sohn von Nicolas [Bacon](http://cloud-zma.gleeze.com/catholicencyclopedia/glossary/bacon/) und seiner zweiten [Frau](http://cloud-zma.gleeze.com/catholicencyclopedia/glossary/frau/) [Anne](http://cloud-zma.gleeze.com/catholicencyclopedia/glossary/anne/) Cooke geboren. Er trat 1573 im [Alter](http://cloud-zma.gleeze.com/catholicencyclopedia/glossary/alter/) von 12 Jahren in das Trinity [College](http://cloud-zma.gleeze.com/catholicencyclopedia/glossary/college/) in Cambridge ein und war ein Schützling von John Whitgift.