Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is a British philosopher, thinker, writer and scientist. Marx called it "the true ancestor of British materialism and the whole modern experimental science". He also put forward many ideas in logic, aesthetics and pedagogy. He is the author of New Tools and Essays on Essays. Representative works: Academic Progress 1605, Theory of New Tools, 1620, Collection of Arguments, 1624, Biography of henry vii, On the Nature of Things, Clues to the Labyrinth, Criticism of Various Philosophics, Events in Nature, On.