Browne
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Charles Farrer Artemus Ward, 1834–67, U.S. humorist.
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Sir Thomas, 1605–82, English physician and author.
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Coral ( Edith ). 1913–91, Australian actress: married to Vincent Price
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Hablot Knight . See Phiz
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Sir Thomas . 1605–82, English physician and author, noted for his magniloquent prose style. His works include Religio Medici (1642) and Hydriotaphia or Urn Burial (1658)
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“The U.S. and Canada will both face serious hardship if this scenario becomes policy,” Browne, a former GM executive, said Tuesday in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I've not got any kids," Browne says, "but I feel like I'm already farming for the next generation."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Over three nights at the Hollywood Bowl, artists including Beck, Jackson Browne and Devo will perform music from the singular filmmaker’s work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Antigua and Barbuda recruited more than 120 nurses from Ghana in case it might “have to get rid of all of the Cuban nurses and doctors suddenly,” Prime Minister Gaston Browne said in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Or take Thomas Browne, who dismissed the garlic/magnet antipathy as ‘certainly false’ in 1646.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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