text: Francis Bacon , 1st Viscount Saint Alban , KC ( 22 January 1561 â `` 9 April 1626 ) was an English philosopher , statesman , scientist , lawyer , jurist , author and father of the scientific method .
simplified: Sir Francis Bacon KC , ( 22 January 1561 â '' 9 April 1626 ) , was an English philosopher , statesman , and author .