Background
He was the son of the Review Phanuel Bacon, vicar of Street Laurence"s church, in Reading.
He was the son of the Review Phanuel Bacon, vicar of Street Laurence"s church, in Reading.
In his youth, Bacon attended Abingdon School and later entered Street John"s College, Oxford. He became vicar of Bramber, Sussex, and rector of Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire. Among his works are The Kite (1722), The Moral Quack, The Insignificants, The Tryal of the Timekillers, The Occulist and The Taxes, all written in 1757.