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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Page 38
... LUSHINGTON " Clayton also added new members to his Hall . One of the number , a man who became Browne's tutor , was Dr. Thomas Lushington . A scholar and a wit " more ingenious than prudent , " Lushing- ton's flair for pulpit humor got ...
... LUSHINGTON " Clayton also added new members to his Hall . One of the number , a man who became Browne's tutor , was Dr. Thomas Lushington . A scholar and a wit " more ingenious than prudent , " Lushing- ton's flair for pulpit humor got ...
Page 41
... Lushington are best known to us . As Master of the College and the acknowledged medical authority of the University , Clayton probably watched the young man's progress carefully , and Browne's referring fa- miliarly to " old Dr. Clayton ...
... Lushington are best known to us . As Master of the College and the acknowledged medical authority of the University , Clayton probably watched the young man's progress carefully , and Browne's referring fa- miliarly to " old Dr. Clayton ...
Page 85
... Lushington , his former tutor . Lush- ington , who had gone to Norwich with Bishop Corbet may well have been connected with the affair , for all of the group were contemporaries at Oxford . Browne thus seems to have had a number of ...
... Lushington , his former tutor . Lush- ington , who had gone to Norwich with Bishop Corbet may well have been connected with the affair , for all of the group were contemporaries at Oxford . Browne thus seems to have had a number of ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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