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Thomas Browne

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October 19, 1605

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After graduating M.A. from Broadgates Hall, Oxford (1629), he studied medicine privately and worked as an assistant to an Oxford doctor. He then attended the Universities of Montpellier and Padua, and in 1633 he was graduated M.D. at Leiden. Browne's medical education in Europe also earned him incorporation as M.D. from Oxford, and in 1637 he moved to Norwich, where he lived and practiced medicine until his death in 1682. While Browne seems to have had a keen intellect and was interested in many subjects, his life was outwardly uneventful, although during the Civil War he declared his support for King Charles I and received a knighthood from King Charles II in 1671.

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Average rating: 4.22 · 288 ratings · 32 reviews · 38 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Major Works by Thomas Browne, C.A. Patrides (Editor, Introduction, Notes) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1686 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Urne Burial 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1658 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religio Medici (1642) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1831 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religio Medici & Urne-Buriall by Thomas Browne, Stephen Greenblatt, Ramie Targoff 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sir Thomas Browne's Hydriotaphia and the Garden of Cyrus 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Garden of Cyrus by Thomas Browne, R.H. Robbins (Editor) 4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into Commonly Presumed Truths 4.89 of 5 stars 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religio Medici; A Letter to a Friend, Christian Morals, Urn-Burial, and Other Papers 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of Cyrus 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voyce Of The World 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.”
― Thomas Browne, Prose: "Religio Medici" , "Hydriotaphia" , "Garden of Cyrus" , "Letter to a Friend" , "Christian Morals" and Selections from Other Works

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“Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.”
― Thomas Browne

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“Thus is Man that great and true Amphibium, whose nature is disposed to live, not onely like other creatures in divers elements, but in divided and distinguished worlds: for though there be but one to sense, there are two to reason, the one visible, the other invisible.”
― Thomas Browne

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