Thomas Browne 1605-1682
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Sir Thomas BROWNE 1605-82
Biographical Note
Physician and author of Religio medici.
Books
An auction catalogue of Thomas and his son, Edward Browne's, joint library, 8.1.1711 lists 2377 lots. Edward Bernard's Catalogi manuscriptorum, 1697, lists Edward Browne as owning 28 manuscripts.
Sources
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Finch, J. A catalogue of the libraries of Sir Thomas Browne and Dr Edward Browne, his son. A facsimile reproduction with introduction, Leiden, 1986.
- Gwynn, L. The library of Sir Thomas Browne, unpublished PhD thesis, Queen Mary University London, 2016.
- Richmond, G. Sir Thomas Browne’s library, Antiquarian Book Monthly Review 4 (1977), 2-9.
- Robbins, R. H. "Browne, Sir Thomas (1605–1682), physician and author." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Thornton, J. Dr Edward Browne (1642-1708) as a bibliophile, Library World 54 (1952-3), 69-73.