TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>Sir Thomas Browne: A Life</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 80 LP - 80 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X689269 VL - 67 IS - 655 AU - Jim Young Y1 - 2017/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/655/80.1.abstract N2 - Reid Barbour Oxford University Press 2016, PB, 552pp, £30.00, 978-0198778356This biography establishes Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682) as a unique subject. Browne was an English author with extensive knowledge in many fields. His book Religio Medici (The Religion of a Doctor) was published in 1643 and became a best-seller in Europe.Browne’s days at Winchester are a sojourn into the halcyon realms of grammar education secure in the pastoral, educational, and demanding mentoring of his teachers. The curriculum is a pastiche … ER -