English noun: Viscount St. Albans | |||
1. | Viscount St. Albans (person) English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) | ||
Synonyms | 1st Baron Verulam, Bacon, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon | ||
Instance hypernym | national leader, philosopher, solon, statesman | ||