Buckston Browne
Appearance
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Sir George Buckston Browne FRCS (13 April 1850 – 19 January 1945) was a British surgeon and pioneer urologist.[1]
Browne was born in Manchester, the son of physician Dr. Henry Browne. He was educated at University College London.[1]
In 1927, he bought Charles Darwin's former home Down House and founded the Buckston Brown Research Farm in Downe in 1931. The Buckston Browne Prize is named for him.[2]
He died at University College Hospital in London, aged 94.[1]