Thomas Browne (1766–1832) was a priest and academic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Browne was born in
Poulton-le-Fylde
Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,264. There is evidence of human habitation ...
. He was educated at
Christ's College, Cambridge
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, graduating
BA in 1786;
MA in 1789; and
BD in 1796. He became
Fellow
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in 1791; and was
Master
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*Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...
from 1808 to 1814.
He held
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at
Little Snoring
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The village is approximately east-north-east from the town of Fakenham, west-south-west from Cromer, and to the side of the A148 road.
At the 2011 Census, it had a populat ...
,
Seaton Ross
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,
Bere Ferrers
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,
Bourn
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, and
Gorleston
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.
Browne married Lucy, a daughter of
John Astley, and as a result was presented to the
benefice
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of
Gorleston
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in
Norfolk
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.
[C. J. Palmer, ''Perlustration of Great Yarmouth'', Vol. III]
p. 357
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References
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge
Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge
1832 deaths
1766 births
People from Poulton-le-Fylde
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