VMs: On April 9th 1626... (taken from today's "London Metro" free newspaper)

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"On April 9th 1626, Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, died as a result of 
a deep-freezing experiment. A former Lord Chancellor sacked for accepting 
bribes as a judge, his essays still feature in dictionaries of quotations. 
He is also remembered for his theories about the Utopian community of 
Atlantis -- but it was his interest in preserving food which killed him. 
While driving in North London, he got out of his carriage and stuffed a 
chicken with snow. He caught a chill and died soon afterwards."