Archive: Sir Thomas Browne Day 2017
Sir Thomas Browne Day is on its way so keep an eye on this site for updates. There will be an exhibition at Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library, a concert at St Peter Mancroft (21 October 1pm), a tour of Thomas Browne sites in Norwich (19th, 11.30am) and a talk by Dr Claire Preston (Wednesday 18 October 7-8.30pm at Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library) plus an opportunity to tell us your Old Wives' Tales so that we can prove them right or wrong! Come to Hay Hill on Thursday 19 October 11am to 2pm to tell us your tales and we will choose a selection to turn into experiments to demonstrate next year. You can drop your Old Wives' Tales off at The Book Hive in London Street or at the Forum.
Also on Hay Hill and in The Forum Kevin Faulkner performs Browne for the 21st year at 1pm (Hay Hill) and 3-3.30pm at The Forum.
On Saturday 21 October from 10am-12pm we will have a table in the Castle Rotunda with antiquarian bookseller John Underwood with some original books to look at and information about the Garden of Cyrus and the quincunx plus books on Thomas Browne to buy. For about what's on look here
Also on Hay Hill and in The Forum Kevin Faulkner performs Browne for the 21st year at 1pm (Hay Hill) and 3-3.30pm at The Forum.
On Saturday 21 October from 10am-12pm we will have a table in the Castle Rotunda with antiquarian bookseller John Underwood with some original books to look at and information about the Garden of Cyrus and the quincunx plus books on Thomas Browne to buy. For about what's on look here
Sir Thomas Browne Day - 19 October
(and a few days either side)
Main events 18-25 October
18 October 2017, 7pm
The Curious Words of
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19 October, 11am
Tell us your Old Wives Tales & Curious Questions
Hay Hill 11am-2pm
Come and meet us on Hay Hill to tell us what you would like to be tested in an experiment, find out more about Thomas Browne and talk to scientists from the Norwich Research Park
You can also submit your Tale through an online form here
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19 October, 11.30am
Tour of St Peter Mancroft Church by Barbara Miller
Marketplace, Millennium Plain
11.30am-12.30pm
Long-term church member and Browne expert Barbara Miller will guide a tour of artefacts around the church where Browne was a parishioner and is buried alongside his family
19 October, 1pm and 3pm
Performance of
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21 October Norwich Castle
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21 October, 1-2pm,
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Who was Sir Thomas Browne?
Sir Thomas Browne Day is an annual celebration of the life and work of this 17th century physician and polymath, who lived in Norwich for most of his adult life. He is well-known across the world for his literary works, his thinking, his scientific experiments, the words he invented and much more, but not so many people know about him in Norwich. The free events around his birthday, Thursday 19 October, are a chance to find out more about this interesting and ‘curious’ man, linking with the Norwich Science Festival and involving St Peter Mancroft, Norwich.
The celebrations are intended to tell people more about Thomas Browne's life and works and also to encourage and stimulate a 'Brownean' approach to life, that is, one of curiosity and communication - he really wanted to find out about and understand the world around him. Whatever he found out, he communicated to the people around him in a language they could understand (ie not Latin), even though we find it quite hard reading these days
The celebrations are intended to tell people more about Thomas Browne's life and works and also to encourage and stimulate a 'Brownean' approach to life, that is, one of curiosity and communication - he really wanted to find out about and understand the world around him. Whatever he found out, he communicated to the people around him in a language they could understand (ie not Latin), even though we find it quite hard reading these days