Francis Bacon is best known as a -

Francis Bacon is best known as a Philosopher and essayist.

• Francis Bacon:
- তার পুরো নাম Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban.
- তিনি Sir Francis Bacon নামে পরিচিত।
- তিনি একজন lawyer, statesman, philosopher এবং master of the English tongue.
- He is remembered in literary terms for the sharp worldly wisdom of a few dozen essays.
- He is called natural philosopher.

• তার বিখ্যাত কিছু quotes -
- "Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men's nurses."
"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man, and writing an exact man."
- "It is impossible to love and to be wise."
- "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
- "Wonder is the seed of knowledge."
- "A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy."
- "Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite."
- "Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."

• Some notable work:
- Advancement of Learning (book),
- Commentarius Solutus (essay),
- De Sapientia Veterum (essay),
- Novum Organum (book),
- The New Atlantis (novel).

Source:
1. Britannica,
2. ABC of English Literature by Dr M Mofizur Rahman.