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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Page 85
... letters , and we can guess that the " still gale " did not cause much of a flurry.16 A more interesting figure who also later became a Nor- wich doctor was John Houghton . He registered on July 2 , 1632 , probably too early to have ...
... letters , and we can guess that the " still gale " did not cause much of a flurry.16 A more interesting figure who also later became a Nor- wich doctor was John Houghton . He registered on July 2 , 1632 , probably too early to have ...
Page 112
... letters that had passed between Digby and Browne . Following the two letters , Crooke printed a curious little statement signed " A. B. " and addressed : " To such as have , or shall peruse the Observations upon a former corrupt copy of ...
... letters that had passed between Digby and Browne . Following the two letters , Crooke printed a curious little statement signed " A. B. " and addressed : " To such as have , or shall peruse the Observations upon a former corrupt copy of ...
Page 174
... letters of fulsome praise . Another con- temporary who respected Browne's work and was not a whit impressed by Ross's grumblings was Dr. Chris- topher Wren , father of the famous architect of London churches . In the Bodleian Library is ...
... letters of fulsome praise . Another con- temporary who respected Browne's work and was not a whit impressed by Ross's grumblings was Dr. Chris- topher Wren , father of the famous architect of London churches . In the Bodleian Library is ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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