| Authorised form of name | Brown; Edward (1644 - 1708); physician |
| Other forms of name | Browne, Edward |
| Surname | Brown |
| Forenames | Edward |
| Dates | 1644 - 1708 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Norwich, Norfolk, England, Europe (1644)
Death:
Northfleet, Kent, England, Europe (28 August 1708)
Burial:
Northfleet, Kent, England, Europe |
| Activity | Occupation:
Physician
Education:
Norwich School; Trinity College, Cambridge (MB 1663); St Bartholomew's Hospital, London; Incorporated at Oxford (1666); Merton College, Oxford (DMed 1667); Incorporated at Cambridge (1670)
Career:
Practised dissection and studied botany in Norwich; travelled widely in Europe (c1668-1669 and 1673); practised in London; physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1682); physician-in-ordinary to Charles II
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1675, President 1704-1708) |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
02/01/1668
Proposers:
William Croone
Council:
1679; 1683
Other RSActivity:
Frequent correspondent to Henry Oldenburg whilst on his travels (late 1660s) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Thomas Browne
Married: Henrietta Susanna Terne
Children: Thomas Browne (FRS 1699)
Additional relatives: father-in-law Christopher Terne (FRS 1663); son-in-law Owen Brigstocke (FRS 1710) |
| Published works | RCN: 30426
RCN: 30424
RCN: 30425 |
| General context | Brown ended up marrying Henrietta, daughter of his lecturer at St Bartholomew's Hospital, Dr Christopher Terne (FRS 1663). His notes to Terne's lecture were kept at the British Museum. His main work was his account of his journeys through Eastern Europe, and he also translated two 'lives' from Plutarch's work, Themistocles and Sertorius. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Foster; Hunter
Notes:
Altname from DNB and Venn |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/88813424 |
| Royal Society code | NA3343 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EL/B1/151 | Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg | 1673 |
| EL/B1/139 | Edward Brown, dated at Venice, to Henry Oldenburg | 20 June 1669 |
| EL/B1/142 | Edward Brown, dated at Norwich, to Henry Oldenburg | 5 February 1669 |
| EL/B1/147 | Report by Edward Brown about the coppermine at Herrngrundt | March 1669 |
| EL/B1/146 | Report by Edward Brown about the goldmine at Chremnitz in Hungary | March 1669 |
| EL/B1/140 | Lists from Edward Brown to the Royal Society | 1669 |
| EL/B1/136 | Edward Brown, dated at Carinthia, Austria, to Henry Oldenburg | 31 May 1669 |
| EL/B1/148 | Report by Edward Brown about the silvermines at Schmnitz in Hungary | 1669 |
| EL/B1/134 | Edward Brown, dated at Vienna, to his father, Thomas Brown | 3 March 1668 |
| EL/B1/135 | Edward Brown, dated at Vienna, to Henry Oldenburg | 20 April 1669 |
| EL/B1/132 | Edward Brown, dated at Vienna, to Henry Oldenburg | 4 February 1668 |
| EL/B1/133 | Edward Brown, dated at Vienna, to Henry Oldenburg | March 1669 |
| CLP/15i/34 | Dissection of an ostrich by Edward Brown | nd |
| MS/390/55 | Bond of Edward Browne to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 10 December 1674 |
| DM/5/101 | A list of benefactors to the Museum, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time | c.1737 |
| IM/000599 | Brown, Edward | nd |
| EL/B1/138 | Edward Brown, dated at Palmanova in Friuli, to Henry Oldenburg | 15 June 1669 |
| EL/B1/145 | Edward Brown, dated at Norwich, to Henry Oldenburg | March 1669 |
| EL/B1/131 | Edward Brown, dated at Vienna, to Henry Oldenburg | 6 December 1668 |
| EL/B1/141 | Edward Brown, dated at Norwich, to Henry Oldenburg | 26 November 1669 |
| EL/B1/143 | Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg | 28 February 1669 |