Thomas Browne

Thomas Browne was an English polymath and author who lived from 1605 to 1682.
* He was born in London and educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford.
* After graduating from Oxford, he studied medicine at the universities of Padua, Montpellier, and Leiden.
* He returned to England in 1633 and settled in Norwich, where he practiced medicine for the rest of his life.
* Browne was a prolific writer, and his works include Religio Medici, Urn Burial, and The Garden of Cyrus.
* His writings are characterized by their erudition, wit, and imagination.
* Browne is considered one of the most important figures in the English Renaissance.
* He died in Norwich on the same day he was born, October 19, 1682.