Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithSchuman, 1950 - 319 pages A study of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth century physician who was deeply concerned with his own faith at a time of religious strife and of new interest in science, and the remarkable age in which he lived. |
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... Gresham College ( founded in London by Thomas Gresham , who had served as financial agent under Queen Elizabeth ) lectures were given in English as well as in Latin and were not limited to " the exposition of some part of Galen or ...
... Gresham College ( founded in London by Thomas Gresham , who had served as financial agent under Queen Elizabeth ) lectures were given in English as well as in Latin and were not limited to " the exposition of some part of Galen or ...
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... Gresham College , and Sir Wil- liam Petty ( 1623-87 ) son of a clothier , " who also did dye his own cloathes " and became famous as a business man and writer on economic subjects . Only slightly older than Boyle , Petty combined an ...
... Gresham College , and Sir Wil- liam Petty ( 1623-87 ) son of a clothier , " who also did dye his own cloathes " and became famous as a business man and writer on economic subjects . Only slightly older than Boyle , Petty combined an ...
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... College , " Times Literary Supplement , Dec. 12 , 1936 ; F. R. Johnson , " Gresham College : Precursor of the Royal So- ciety , " Journal of the History of Ideas , I ( 1940 ) , 417–418 ; D. Stimson , " Comenius and the ' invisible ...
... College , " Times Literary Supplement , Dec. 12 , 1936 ; F. R. Johnson , " Gresham College : Precursor of the Royal So- ciety , " Journal of the History of Ideas , I ( 1940 ) , 417–418 ; D. Stimson , " Comenius and the ' invisible ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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