Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561 – 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author.
The Templars used and influenced his works, such as New Atlantis, to make science and rationalism flourish in society, in order to advance their Order's goals.[1]
Legacy
In 2012, a file collecteded within dossiers for Abstergo participants in the Animi Training Program was made available and contained the knowledge that the Templars had influenced Bacon.[1]
In an later Animus database entry for Oak Island, Shaun Hastings claimed that Francis Bacon had used William Kidd's "Money Pit" to store the original documents proving that he wrote the works of William Shakespeare, although Shaun quickly admitted that it was not true.[2]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed III (mentioned in Database entry only)