Thomas Browne

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
author
physician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Norwich_School_of_Painters
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1605-10-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Thomas_Browne_Jr.
gptkb:John_Browne
gptkb:Edward_Browne
gptkbp:contribution philosophy of science
natural philosophy
cultural commentary
literary style
medical ethics
gptkbp:deathDate 1682-10-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Norwich,_England
gptkbp:famousFor his philosophical essays
his contributions to early modern science
his exploration of death and burial practices
gptkbp:field medicine
philosophy
literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas Browne
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:H.G._Wells
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:T.S._Eliot
gptkb:William_Hazlitt
Aldous Huxley
Charles Lamb
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Rene_Descartes
gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkbp:knownFor scientific inquiry
exploration of the human condition
his prose style
gptkbp:legacy influence on later writers
impact on the field of medicine
inspiration for modern philosophy
study of antiquities
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWorks Religio Medici
Pseudodoxia Epidemica
Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial
gptkbp:occupation essayist
writer
physician
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Norwich
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Forth