Clod(noun) a lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. Clod(noun) the ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. Clod(noun) that which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.
Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban, also called (1603â18) Sir Francis Bacon (born January 22, 1561, York House, London, Englandâdied April 9, 1626, London), lord chancellor of England (1618â21).
Francis Bacon and the scientific method. Francis Bacon at his desk. From Shakespeare's England. I have taken all knowledge to be my province (from a letter to Lord Burleigh, 1592). Bacon's ambition was not merely to master all knowledge, but to reform it, especially the way by which new knowledge was to be acquired.