Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Browne, William a minister of the Society of Friends in Great Britain, was born near Crediton, in Devonshire, in 1796. Through the influence of an older sister, who was a Wesleyan, he was led to Christ, and united with the Friends in 1823. He enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, and during the years … Continue reading “Browne, William”

Browne, Sir Thomas, M.D. the distinguished author of the Religio Mledci, was born in London 1605. His early education was received at Winchester and Oxford. He studied medicine subsequently, and took his degree at Leyden in 1633. In 1636 he settled at Norwich, where he remained as a practitioner during the rest of his life. … Continue reading “Browne, Sir Thomas, M.D. (2)”

Browne, Simon a Dissenting minister of England, was born about 1680 at Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire. He served Dissenting congregations of Portsmouth and, afterward, of London until 1723, when grief for the loss of his wife and his son made him deranged on the subject of Christ’s humanity, concerning which he maintained that the Supreme Being, … Continue reading “Browne, Simon (2)”

Browne, Robert SEE BROWNISTS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Browne, Peter SEE BROWN, PETER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Browne, Moses SEE BROWN, MOSES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Browne, Mary Bowles a minister of the Society of Friends in England and Ireland, was born in Norwich, January 3, 1794. She was a cousin of the well-known writer, “Charlotte Elizabeth,” whose companionship she enjoyed for many years of her youth. She quite early in life became a follower of Christ, and in 1835 joined … Continue reading “Browne, Mary Bowles”

Browne, Joseph, D.D an English divine and educator, was born at a place called the Tongue, in Watermillock, Cumberland, in 1700, and educated at Barton School, and at Queen’s College, Oxford, where he took the degree of A.M., November 4, 1724, and was chosen one of the chaplains of the college. In April 1831, he … Continue reading “Browne, Joseph, D.D”

Browne, John R an English Wesleyan minister, was converted in early life; entered the itinerancy in 1815; became a supernumerary at Chester in 1847; and died there, February 2, 1848, aged fifty-one. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1848. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Browne, James an English Congregational minister, was born March 5, 1781, in Russell Street, Rotherhithe. His parents gave him a respectable education, and apprenticed him to a tradesman in the borough of Southwark. He was received into the Church when seventeen vears of age. In 1800 he removed to Shoreham, Sussex. Here he first opened … Continue reading “Browne, James”