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Authorship Event in London November 22nd, 2026
By the Francis Bacon Society
Sunday 22nd November
In person event at London’s Marylebone Theatre.
Francis Bacon to be well represented at this Year’s Shakespearean Authorship Trust Conference.
SAT Trustee Sir Mark Rylance will open the conference in the morning, FBS longtime member Peter Dawkins, Founder & Principal of the Francis Bacon Research Trust, will give the keynote speech, and Sally Gibbins will present for Francis Bacon in the afternoon candidate presentations.
FREE morning session; £50 afternoon conference session
Full Day Schedule
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • FREE EVENT • No registration necessary
An Introduction to the Shakespeare Authorship Question, with Sir Mark Rylance and Dr. Ros Barber
1 to 2 p.m.: Keynote by Peter Dawkins
2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Edward de Vere • by Dr. Eddi Jolly
2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Christopher Marlowe • by Donna Murphy
3:30 to 3:50 p.m.: “Rudolf Steiner and Shakespeare,” presented by Alexander Gifford, Artistic Director of the Marylebone Theatre
3:50 to 4:20 p.m.: Mary Sidney • by Dr. Kristin Bundesen
4:20 to 4:45 p.m.: John Florio • by Marianna Iannaccone (recording)
4:45 to 5:15 p.m.: Francis Bacon • by Sally Gibbins
5:15 to 5:25 p.m.: Dr. Ros Barber on Results of the SAT’s Inaugural Essay Competition
Closing by Professor William Leahy
Full details and booking Here
Bacon 400 Events announced at the Senate House Library, London
By the Francis Bacon Society
Events Communication from the University of London about 4 Events commemorating Bacon 400 held at the Senate House Library &
the Warburg Institute
“Sir Francis Bacon, 1626-2026
In 2026 we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of one of the great thinkers of the early modern period, Sir Francis Bacon. As a philosopher, statesman, lawyer, essayist, historian and a champion of modern science, Bacon left his mark. His influence spread far afield, reaching beyond English luminaries like Thoms Hobbes and Robert Hooke to, among others, René Descartes, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Immanuel Kant and Thomas Jefferson. He is still known as ‘the father of empiricism’.
Bacon speaks to the central University of London. His polymathic interests render his activities relevant to most of the Institutes of the School of Advanced Study: Historical Research; Advanced Legal Studies; English Studies; Classical Studies; Philosophy; Languages, Cultures and Societies; and especially the Warburg Institute. In Senate House Library he is well represented by the Durning-Lawrence Library, a collection formed by a renowned Baconian which is remarkable for its many editions of Bacon’s works from around 1600 onwards, and for material pertaining to him. The library of the Francis Bacon Society complements the Durning-Lawrence books. And Bacon’s principles of empirical research reflect what a university is all about, questioning, testing, and pushing the boundaries of knowledge.
SAS and SHL are therefore delighted to commemorate Sir Francis Bacon with four events, all at 5.30 pm:
Tuesday 27 October:
Lecture: How to Make Anything Signify Anything: Sir Frances Bacon and the Cryptographic Renaissance (Bill Sherman, Warburg Institute)
Sir Frances Bacon not only published the first account of cryptography in English but also invented a cipher system of his own that proved to have a remarkable afterlife. Learn about Bacon’s invention through the eyes of the modern world’s greatest maker and breaker of codes, William F. Friedman, whose long and illustrious (if largely secret) career in military cryptanalysis began and ended with the study of Bacon’s so-called ‘biliteral cipher’.
Venue: Warburg Institute
Tuesday 3 November
Seminar: Selling and buying: Sir Francis Bacon in the antiquarian bookshop and modern research library (Robert Harding, Maggs Bros.; Aaron Pratt, Library of Congress; Karen Attar, Senate House Library)
How desirable, academically and commercially, is Baconiana? This seminar examines this question from two historical perspectives: selling on the one hand, and buying and collecting on the other.
Venue: Warburg Institute
Tuesday 10 November
Seminar: ‘Commonly the least correct’?: Opportunities and Oversights in the Editing of Francis Bacon, 1626–2026 (Richard Serjeantson, University of Cambridge)
A reflection upon the (very long) editorial history of the writings of Francis Bacon, covering changing editorial practices across the centuries, the nature and ambitions of the ongoing Oxford Francis Bacon (1996–), ; and the differential nature of editing manuscript and print. Some early Bacon editions will be on display.
Venue: Room 349, Senate House. . Booking is desirable though not essential.
Book here: Lecture: ‘Commonly the least correct’? Editing Bacon.
Tuesday 17 November
From vain philosophy to literate experience: Baconian method and the philosophy of nature (Stephen Clucas, Birkbeck, University of London, and Robert Iliffe, University of Oxford)
A discussion of Bacon’s project to reform human knowledge and establish a new foundation for science put forward in his Advancement of Learning (1605), Novum organum (1620), and other writings, and its epistemological significance.
Venue: Seng Tee Lee Centre, Senate House Library. Booking is desirable though not essential.
Book here: Acquiring knowledge Bacon’s way
All Details here:
In 2026, we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of one of the great thinkers of the early modern period, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626).
Tudor Espionage Talk at St Olave’s Church, City of London
By the Francis Bacon Society
As part of St Olave’s monthly Lecture Series and for Bacon 400, FBS members Sally Gibbins, Gary Cordice and Jono Freeman gave a talk about the hidden world of Tudor Spies and intrigue centred around St Olave Hart Street.
Revd. Phillip Dawson gave a review of the evening:
“22nd September 2026
Over 110 people joined us for a special Choral Evensong with Tudor music, followed by our first St Olave Lecture of the autumn.
A huge thank you to Sally Gibbins, Principal of the Francis Bacon Society for a fascinating and entertaining talk which placed St Olave’s and its neighbourhood at the heart of the secret world of Elizabethan espionage.
Sally drew together the stories of figures including Sir Francis Walsingham, Peter Capponi, and Francis and Anthony Bacon, revealing some of the remarkable connections between the parish and the intelligence networks of Tudor England.
With Tudor music, live character performances by Sally’s actor and musician friends Gary Cordice and Jono Freeman and the historic setting of St Olave’s itself, this month’s lecture was a unique and memorable experience.
We were also delighted that Professor David Stupples joined us and brought along an Enigma machine to demonstrate after Sally’s talk. It provided a fascinating bridge from the world of Anthony Bacon, codes and ciphers to the development of cryptography and the work of Alan Turing and the codebreakers at Bletchley Park centuries later.
Thank you to Sally, David, all the performers and musicians, and everyone who joined us for such a memorable evening.”
New Documentary: “Francis Bacon: How did the scientific method emerge?”
By SirBacon.org
SirBacon.org would like share the exciting news article from The Francis Bacon Society:
Fathers of Science – Francis Bacon Documentary
August 17, 2026 – The Francis Bacon Society
Last November, The Society was contacted by the Brazilian Producer of Origens, a non-profit documentary series on science and education broadcast across eight South American countries through Novo Tempo Channel, reaching a potential audience of more than 180 million viewers.
By SirBacon.org: English translation with cleaned Portuguese transcript
YouTube video ID: EPhRuK0jpjc
Editorial note: This document is based on YouTube’s Portuguese auto-transcript. Music and sound-effect labels have been removed. Obvious captioning errors have been smoothed in the English translation where the intended meaning is clear (for example Bacon/Descartes and Canonbury Tower). Where a name or phrase remains uncertain, the translation avoids pretending certainty. The English is intended to read along naturally during the YouTube video below while staying close to the documentary.
Francis_Bacon_Scientific_Method_English_Portuguese_Transcript.pdf
Shakespeare Sonnet 126—its Significance & Shocking Ramifications
by Richard Allan Wagner
September 1, 2026
The Predicament
The fundamental predicament with Shakespeare Sonnet 126 is that it’s not a sonnet—it’s an anti-sonnet.
Having only 12 lines consisting of 6 pairs of rhyming couplets, it breaks all of the rules that govern the
sonnet structure (whether it be Petrarchan or Shakespearean). It’s definitely an anomaly. Why is it there
and, more importantly, who wrote it?
Shakespeare-Sonnet-126-its-Significance-and-Shocking-Ramifications.pdf
Authorship Event in London November 22nd, 2026
By the Francis Bacon Society
Sunday 22nd November
In person event at London’s Marylebone Theatre.
Francis Bacon to be well represented at this Year’s Shakespearean Authorship Trust Conference.
SAT Trustee Sir Mark Rylance will open the conference in the morning, FBS longtime member Peter Dawkins, Founder & Principal of the Francis Bacon Research Trust, will give the keynote speech, and Sally Gibbins will present for Francis Bacon in the afternoon candidate presentations.
FREE morning session; £50 afternoon conference session
Full Day Schedule
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • FREE EVENT • No registration necessary
An Introduction to the Shakespeare Authorship Question, with Sir Mark Rylance and Dr. Ros Barber
1 to 2 p.m.: Keynote by Peter Dawkins
2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Edward de Vere • by Dr. Eddi Jolly
2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Christopher Marlowe • by Donna Murphy
3:30 to 3:50 p.m.: “Rudolf Steiner and Shakespeare,” presented by Alexander Gifford, Artistic Director of the Marylebone Theatre
3:50 to 4:20 p.m.: Mary Sidney • by Dr. Kristin Bundesen
4:20 to 4:45 p.m.: John Florio • by Marianna Iannaccone (recording)
4:45 to 5:15 p.m.: Francis Bacon • by Sally Gibbins
5:15 to 5:25 p.m.: Dr. Ros Barber on Results of the SAT’s Inaugural Essay Competition
Closing by Professor William Leahy
Full details and booking Here
Bacon 400 Events announced at the Senate House Library, London
By the Francis Bacon Society
Events Communication from the University of London about 4 Events commemorating Bacon 400 held at the Senate House Library &
the Warburg Institute
“Sir Francis Bacon, 1626-2026
In 2026 we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of one of the great thinkers of the early modern period, Sir Francis Bacon. As a philosopher, statesman, lawyer, essayist, historian and a champion of modern science, Bacon left his mark. His influence spread far afield, reaching beyond English luminaries like Thoms Hobbes and Robert Hooke to, among others, René Descartes, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Immanuel Kant and Thomas Jefferson. He is still known as ‘the father of empiricism’.
Bacon speaks to the central University of London. His polymathic interests render his activities relevant to most of the Institutes of the School of Advanced Study: Historical Research; Advanced Legal Studies; English Studies; Classical Studies; Philosophy; Languages, Cultures and Societies; and especially the Warburg Institute. In Senate House Library he is well represented by the Durning-Lawrence Library, a collection formed by a renowned Baconian which is remarkable for its many editions of Bacon’s works from around 1600 onwards, and for material pertaining to him. The library of the Francis Bacon Society complements the Durning-Lawrence books. And Bacon’s principles of empirical research reflect what a university is all about, questioning, testing, and pushing the boundaries of knowledge.
SAS and SHL are therefore delighted to commemorate Sir Francis Bacon with four events, all at 5.30 pm:
Tuesday 27 October:
Lecture: How to Make Anything Signify Anything: Sir Frances Bacon and the Cryptographic Renaissance (Bill Sherman, Warburg Institute)
Sir Frances Bacon not only published the first account of cryptography in English but also invented a cipher system of his own that proved to have a remarkable afterlife. Learn about Bacon’s invention through the eyes of the modern world’s greatest maker and breaker of codes, William F. Friedman, whose long and illustrious (if largely secret) career in military cryptanalysis began and ended with the study of Bacon’s so-called ‘biliteral cipher’.
Venue: Warburg Institute
Tuesday 3 November
Seminar: Selling and buying: Sir Francis Bacon in the antiquarian bookshop and modern research library (Robert Harding, Maggs Bros.; Aaron Pratt, Library of Congress; Karen Attar, Senate House Library)
How desirable, academically and commercially, is Baconiana? This seminar examines this question from two historical perspectives: selling on the one hand, and buying and collecting on the other.
Venue: Warburg Institute
Tuesday 10 November
Seminar: ‘Commonly the least correct’?: Opportunities and Oversights in the Editing of Francis Bacon, 1626–2026 (Richard Serjeantson, University of Cambridge)
A reflection upon the (very long) editorial history of the writings of Francis Bacon, covering changing editorial practices across the centuries, the nature and ambitions of the ongoing Oxford Francis Bacon (1996–), ; and the differential nature of editing manuscript and print. Some early Bacon editions will be on display.
Venue: Room 349, Senate House. . Booking is desirable though not essential.
Book here: Lecture: ‘Commonly the least correct’? Editing Bacon.
Tuesday 17 November
From vain philosophy to literate experience: Baconian method and the philosophy of nature (Stephen Clucas, Birkbeck, University of London, and Robert Iliffe, University of Oxford)
A discussion of Bacon’s project to reform human knowledge and establish a new foundation for science put forward in his Advancement of Learning (1605), Novum organum (1620), and other writings, and its epistemological significance.
Venue: Seng Tee Lee Centre, Senate House Library. Booking is desirable though not essential.
Book here: Acquiring knowledge Bacon’s way
All Details here:
In 2026, we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of one of the great thinkers of the early modern period, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626).
Tudor Espionage Talk at St Olave’s Church, City of London
By the Francis Bacon Society
As part of St Olave’s monthly Lecture Series and for Bacon 400, FBS members Sally Gibbins, Gary Cordice and Jono Freeman gave a talk about the hidden world of Tudor Spies and intrigue centred around St Olave Hart Street.
Revd. Phillip Dawson gave a review of the evening:
“22nd September 2026
Over 110 people joined us for a special Choral Evensong with Tudor music, followed by our first St Olave Lecture of the autumn.
A huge thank you to Sally Gibbins, Principal of the Francis Bacon Society for a fascinating and entertaining talk which placed St Olave’s and its neighbourhood at the heart of the secret world of Elizabethan espionage.
Sally drew together the stories of figures including Sir Francis Walsingham, Peter Capponi, and Francis and Anthony Bacon, revealing some of the remarkable connections between the parish and the intelligence networks of Tudor England.
With Tudor music, live character performances by Sally’s actor and musician friends Gary Cordice and Jono Freeman and the historic setting of St Olave’s itself, this month’s lecture was a unique and memorable experience.
We were also delighted that Professor David Stupples joined us and brought along an Enigma machine to demonstrate after Sally’s talk. It provided a fascinating bridge from the world of Anthony Bacon, codes and ciphers to the development of cryptography and the work of Alan Turing and the codebreakers at Bletchley Park centuries later.
Thank you to Sally, David, all the performers and musicians, and everyone who joined us for such a memorable evening.”
New Documentary: “Francis Bacon: How did the scientific method emerge?”
By SirBacon.org
SirBacon.org would like share the exciting news article from The Francis Bacon Society:
Fathers of Science – Francis Bacon Documentary
August 17, 2026 – The Francis Bacon Society
Last November, The Society was contacted by the Brazilian Producer of Origens, a non-profit documentary series on science and education broadcast across eight South American countries through Novo Tempo Channel, reaching a potential audience of more than 180 million viewers.
By SirBacon.org: English translation with cleaned Portuguese transcript
YouTube video ID: EPhRuK0jpjc
Editorial note: This document is based on YouTube’s Portuguese auto-transcript. Music and sound-effect labels have been removed. Obvious captioning errors have been smoothed in the English translation where the intended meaning is clear (for example Bacon/Descartes and Canonbury Tower). Where a name or phrase remains uncertain, the translation avoids pretending certainty. The English is intended to read along naturally during the YouTube video below while staying close to the documentary.
Francis_Bacon_Scientific_Method_English_Portuguese_Transcript.pdf
Shakespeare Sonnet 126—its Significance & Shocking Ramifications
by Richard Allan Wagner
September 1, 2026
The Predicament
The fundamental predicament with Shakespeare Sonnet 126 is that it’s not a sonnet—it’s an anti-sonnet.
Having only 12 lines consisting of 6 pairs of rhyming couplets, it breaks all of the rules that govern the
sonnet structure (whether it be Petrarchan or Shakespearean). It’s definitely an anomaly. Why is it there
and, more importantly, who wrote it?
Shakespeare-Sonnet-126-its-Significance-and-Shocking-Ramifications.pdf
Francis Bacon Secret Founder of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood
by A Phoenix
Francis Bacon Secret Founder of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood:
Author of its Anonymous Manifestos : The Fama & The Confessio & The Chemical Wedding
Rosicrucian literature, not unlike the literature which surrounds Francis Bacon and that which concerns the Shakespeare authorship is a truly veritable maze. The serious inquirer when unfashionable truth is the objective, can fully expect to be frustrated at every turn. It takes on the form of a veritable Pandora’s box where all infinite manner of devices are subtlety deployed to confuse the way of the inquirer. The hazy mist enveloping the Rosicrucian Brotherhood is not only thickened by their relative silence but is further compounded by other sources sharing a common desire in concealing the truth. A truth so profound in its consequence for humanity and western civilisation as to be almost inconceivable. To further confuse the investigator the Rosicrucians themselves and their antagonists have seen fit throughout the centuries to change shape and form, acquiring new skins, if and when the circumstance demanded, and on occasion the one perhaps has gone so far as to adopt the apparel of the other.
