Buckston Browne


Sir George Buckston Browne FRCS was a British surgeon and pioneer urologist.
Browne was born in Manchester, the son of physician Dr. Henry Browne. He was educated at University College London.
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.
He died at University College Hospital in London, aged 94.