Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia.St.
Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.BACON, FRANCIS
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) was an English
philosopher often regarded as the father (or one
of the fathers) of modern science. He was
famous for his advocacy of the empirical
method. Perhaps because he perceived it as rest-
ing on an empirical base, he was an ardent
champion of astrology.BAILEY, ALICEA.
Alice A. Bailey, a well-known Theosophist
who left the Theosophical Society to form the
Arcane School in 1919, was born in Manches-
ter, England, on June 16, 1880. Born Alice La
Trobe-Bateman, she married the theosophist
Foster Bailing in 1920. In the field of astrology,
she is best known for a treatise on esoteric
astrology that was dictated to her by Master D.
K. (also known as The Tibetan). She also tran-
scribed a volume on the astrology of countries,
The Destiny of Nations.She asserted that she
knew nothing about astrology herself. Her
dense tome on esoteric astrology has been the
single most influential book in this area of
astrology for many decades. Bailey died in
1949.Sources:
Bailey, Alice A. The Destiny of the Nations.New York: Lucis Publishing Co., 1949.
———. Esoteric Astrology.New York: Lucis Publishing Co., 1950.
———. The Unfinished Autobiography of Alice A. Bailey.New York: Lucis Publishing Co., 1951.
Holden, James H., and Robert A. Hughes. Astrological Pioneers of America.Tempe, AZ: Ameri-
can Federation of Astrologers, 1988.BAILEY, E. H.
E. H. Bailey, born November 29, 1876, in Kent, England, was an astrologer and an
author. It is said he became interested in astrology as a boy after reading Zadkiel’s
almanac, a popular astrology almanac of the time. About 1900, he worked briefly for
the well-known astrologer Alan Leo. Bailey initiated the astrological periodical Des-
tinyin 1904, but it was unsuccessful. He later took a job editing The British Journal of
Astrologyand became a fellow of the Astrological Society of America.Bacon, Francis
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An image of Francis Bacon from the title page of his
Sermones Fideles,1621. Reproduced by permission of
Fortean Picture Library.