Editing John Whitgift (section)

==Francis Bacon==
Whitgift taught [[Francis Bacon]] and his older brother [[Anthony Bacon (1558–1601)|Anthony Bacon]] at Cambridge University in the 1570s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jardine |first1=Lisa |last2=Stewart |first2=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/j/jardine-hostage.html |title=Hostage to Fortune: The Troubled Life of Francis Bacon |chapter=Much Hoped Imps |access-date=10 July 2014 }}</ref> As their tutor, Whitgift bought the brothers their early classical text books, including works by [[Plato]], [[Cicero]] and others.<ref name="Peltonen1996">{{cite book|author=Markku Peltonen|title=The Cambridge Companion to Bacon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXyc_VCh4y0C&pg=PA206|date=26 April 1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-43534-5|page=206}}</ref>
Whitgift's authoritarian beliefs and conservative religious teachings had a profound impact on Bacon, as did his teaching on natural philosophy and metaphysics.<ref>Julian Martin (1992). Francis Bacon, the State, and the Reform of Modern Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. p.24. ISBN 9780521382496</ref> 
Bacon would later disavow Whitgift, writing to [[Elizabeth I]] to warn her against Whitgift's attempts to root out the "careful and diligent preachers in each parish".<ref>Julian Martin (1992). Francis Bacon, the State, and the Reform of Modern Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. p.32. ISBN 9780521382496</ref>