The son of a London merchant, Thomas Browne settled in Norwich in 1637, practising medicine and interesting himself in a wide variety of subjects, upon which his pen was rarely silent.
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It also abounds in neologisms and he is credited with inventing more than 700 words, many - such a \'electricity\' and \'computer\' - still in common usage today.
Browne\'s style is complex and multilayered, deeply humane, and shot through with Classical and Biblical references.
The son of a London merchant, Thomas Browne settled in Norwich in 1637, practising medicine and interesting himself in a wide variety of subjects, upon which his pen was rarely silent