# Francis Bacon — Essays character guide

> Francis Bacon in Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bacon

**First appearance:** 0001-self-reliance

## Who they are

English philosopher and statesman, a pioneer of the scientific method.

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