Just like William Shakespeare, Sir Francis Bacon was also an Elizabethan writer from the 15th to 16th century, but he also did many other things besides being an author. Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and a very famous politician from the country of England (Walton 18).

While Sparta was busy blockading and defeating Athens, Sir Francis Bacon was born on January 22, 1561 in York House, London. When Sir Francis Bacon was born, people thought that he would be overshadowed by his family. His father, Sir Nicholas Bacon, was the Keeper of the Great Seal for the first twenty years of Queen Elizabeth being the queen. Macaulay said, "The fame of the father has been thrown into the shade by that of the son. But Sir Nicholas Bacon is no ordinary man." Francis Bacon's mom, Lady Ann Cook, was also popular. Lady Anne Cook was the sister-in-law of Sir William...