Accomplishments
Bacon was a philosopher, essayist, politician, and historian. He became a member of Parliament in 1584. In 1597, Bacon’s first published work was a volume of ten essays that contained some of his basic opinions about the need for observation and science. Bacon managed, through his uncle’s petition, to be knighted at the coronation of James I. In 1605 he wrote Advancement of Learning, the first part of a great philosophic work that he intended would be titled Instauratio Magna. Although the work was never completed, the parts that were published made Bacon’s reputation become one of the most important thinkers of his time.In his Novum Organum, published in 1620, Bacon presented his conclusions about the proper mode of scientific inquiry. This work was the first significant formulation of the inductive method in science, Francis Bacon's main accomplishment.