Thomas Browne (Canon of Windsor)

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See also Thomas Browne, polymath, 1605 - 1682 Thomas Browne D.D. (c. 1605 – 6 December 1673) was a Canon of Windsor from 1639 to 1673. [1]

Career

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and was senior proctor in 1636. [2]

Contents

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the first stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in 1639, and held the stall until 1673. He was buried in the chapel. [2]

Works

Browne wrote:

Isaac Vossius was Browne's major legatee, and his papers went to Amsterdam and Leiden. [3]

Notes

  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hunt, William (1886). "Browne, Thomas (1604?-1673)"  . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. Klebusek, Marika. "Browne, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3701.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Hunt, William (1886). "Browne, Thomas (1604?-1673)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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