Hydriotaphia (Urn Burial); The Garden of Cyrus; Letter To A Friend
Thomas Browne
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Hydriotaphia (Urn Burial); The Garden of Cyrus; Letter To A Friend

Thomas Browne's three most famous works

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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. Browne's style is complex and multilayered, deeply humane, and shot through with Classical and Biblical references. 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. Thomas Browne remains one of Britain's most original writers, with a host of admirers, including such literary 'Greats' as Dr. Johnson, Cole...