BACON, Francis, baron of Verulam, viscount of St Alban's, and lord high chancellor of England under King James I. See VERULAM, FRANCIS BACON, baron of. This reference is made in the expectation that we shall be able, by means of it, to give a more correct and comprehensive sketch of Lord Bacon's life than could be drawn from our present materials. His philosophy is fully explained in the historical dissertations forming the first volume of this work. See vol. i. p. 32 and 453.