Sir William Browne gained his MD from Cambridge in 1725 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1726. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739 and knighted in 1748. Browne published books on a wide range of topics and served the Royal College of Physicians in a number of capacities.
Reference:
Leslie Stephen, ‘Browne, Sir William (1692-1774)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3708 [accessed 13 Aug 2013]).
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