Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithCollier Books, 1961 - 251 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 in London . Though he was active politically , and accompanied the Parliamentary army to Ireland as Cromwell's physician and “ great confident , ” he managed to find time for meetings with his scientifically minded ...
... Gresham College in London . Though he was active politically , and accompanied the Parliamentary army to Ireland as Cromwell's physician and “ great confident , ” he managed to find time for meetings with his scientifically minded ...
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A Doctor's Life of Science & Faith Jeremiah Stanton Finch. of astronomy at Gresham College , and Sir William Petty ( 1623-87 ) son of a clothier , " who also did dye his own cloathes " and became famous as a business man and writer on ...
A Doctor's Life of Science & Faith Jeremiah Stanton Finch. of astronomy at Gresham College , and Sir William Petty ( 1623-87 ) son of a clothier , " who also did dye his own cloathes " and became famous as a business man and writer on ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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