Q: Thomas Browne, the greatest prose writer of the puritan age, was by profession:
a) Critic
b) Philosopher
c) Poet
d) A Doctor
Correct answer: d) A Doctor
A doctor in medicine (A Doctor's Religion)
Thomas Browne was born on 19th October 1605 in London, he was educated at Winchester and Oxford and studied medicine. He is an English physician and Prose writer. After completing a master's degree at Oxford in 1629 and then he studied medicine in Montpellier, Padua and Leiden, where he received a degree in medicine in 1633. He travelled abroad receiving his M.D degree at Leyden in 1634. In 1635, A doctor in medicine ( A Doctor's Religion ) was a personal exercise. In 1637, he settled in Norwich, where for the remainder of his life, he successfully practised as a doctor. He died on 19th October 1682, in Norwich, England.
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