Portal:Wigton Walker/TimeLine



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DateFormat = yyyy Period    = from:1560 till:1630 TimeAxis  = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1560 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:1560

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at:1561            text:Born at London at:1573 fontsize:XS text:Ed. at Trinity Coll. Cambridge; dissatisfied with Aristotlean philosophy at:1579            text:Enters Gray's Inn from:1576 till:1579 text:In France at:1582            text:Called to Bar at:1584            text:Enters Parliament of England at:1591            text:Becomes friend of Essex at:1593            text:Essex presents him with estate at:1597            text:Publishes first ed of Essays at:1601            text:Prosecutes Essex at:1605            text:Publishes Advancement of Learning at:1607            text:Solicitor General at:1609            text:Publishes Wisdom of the Ancients at:1613            text:Attorney General at:1616            text:Prosecutes Somerset at:1618 fontsize:XS text:Lord Keeper at:1619 fontsize:XS text:Lord Chancellor with title of Verulam at:1620 fontsize:XS text:Publishes Novum Organum at:1621 fontsize:XS text:Viscount St. Albans; Charged with corruption, retires from public life. at:1622 fontsize:XS text:Publishes Henry VII and third part of Instauratio at:1626            text:Dies