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Browne, Sir Thomas. 1605-1682.
English physician and writer known for the richness of his prose in works such as Religio Medici (1642), an attempt to reconcile Christian faith with scientific knowledge.
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Browne, Sir Thomas — born Oct. 19, 1605, London, Eng. died Oct. 19, 1682, Norwich, Norfolk British physician and author. While practicing medicine, he began a parallel career as a writer. His best known work, Religio Medici (1642), is a journal of reflections on the… … Universalium
Browne, Sir Thomas — (1605–82) Philosopher and Scientist. Browne studied medicine at the Universities of Oxford, Montpellier, Padua and Leyden. From 1637 he lived in Norwich where he practised as a doctor. He is remembered as the author of the Religio Medici in … Who’s Who in Christianity
Browne, Sir Thomas — (9 oct. 1605, Londres, Inglaterra–19 oct. 1682, Norwich, Norfolk). Médico y escritor británico. Mientras practicaba la medicina, desarrolló una carrera paralela como escritor. Su trabajo más conocido, Religio Medici (1642), es un diario de… … Enciclopedia Universal
BROWNE, SIR THOMAS — physician and religious thinker, born in London; resided at Norwich for nearly half a century, and died there; was knighted by Charles II.; was, Professor Saintsbury says, the greatest prose writer perhaps, when all things are taken together,… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Browne, Sir Thomas — (1605 1682) Physician and miscellaneous and metaphysical writer, s. of a London merchant, was ed. at Winchester and Oxf., after which he studied medicine at various Continental univs., including Leyden, where he grad. He ultimately settled and … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
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