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GEORGE BUCKSTON BROWNE came of a line of medical men, he being a representative of the fifth generation. He was born on April 13, 1850, of wealthy parents, his father being Dr. Henry Browne, physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary and lecturer on medicine, and his mother, Ann Hadfield. He was an only son; two sisters rose to eminence in the civic life of Manchester. His mother died while he was still in his boyhood; the father, who was deeply religious, and son drifted apart; it is customary to blame the Victorian father for the clash which separated son from father, but those who knew Sir Buckston in his later years will realize that the clash may have been due as much to the son's opinionative wilfulness as to the father's Calvinism.
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KEITH, A. Sir Buckston Browne. Nature 155, 138–139 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155138a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155138a0