Sir William Browne

(1692-1774)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Browne, William, 1692-1774 NRA: Browne Sir William (1692-1774) physician DNB: Browne, Sir William (1692–1774), physician LBT ID: WiBrown1774 VIAF ID: 28571923 LOC ID: n86847652	B/BAP: 1692 DIED: 1774-03-10
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was an eccentric Lynn physician and classicist who donated three gold medals as prizes for Greek odes written at Cambridge.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Browne: Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. II. 1794 Found 1: ¶ 17 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VIII Found 1: ¶ 9