Arthur Adderly Browne received his M.D. at McGill University in 1872. He was an intimate friend of Sir William Osler in the latter’s Montreal years. They did post graduate studies in Europe, 1872-1874. Browne was an Elective Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University in 1879 and Professor of Midwifery and Children’s Diseases from 1883 to 1887. He died in Montreal in 1910.

Effie Laura Browne (born Manby) was born in March 1857 in Smethwick, Staffordshire, England. In 1878, she married Walter Raleigh Browne (1843-1884) in Hanover, Jamaica. They had two children during their marriage. In August 1884 she traveled with her husband to Canada to attend a meeting for the British Science Association. After they arrived in Montreal, he became ill and suffered from typhoid fever. He was taken to a hospital but died on 4 September 1884. Effie Laura died on April 10, 1941, in Bournstream, Gloucestershire, England.

Dr. John Symonds Lyon Browne was born on April 13, 1904 in Wembley, London, England.

Browne was educated at Westmount High School and subsequently attended McGill University where he obtained his B.A. in 1925, his M. D. in 1929 and his PhD. in 1932 under endocrinologist J. B. Collip. Following his PhD degree, he obtained a traveling fellowship from the Royal Society of Canada and worked in Europe under Professors: A Butenandt in Gottingen, Germany, Otto Loewi at the University of Graz, and G. L. Evans at University College in London. Browne then returned to McGill University as a research fellow. In the course of his career at McGill University, he became Professor of Medicine, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Director of the Royal Victoria Hospital.

Sir Thomas Browne; born 19 October 1605 in London; died 19 October 1682 in Norwich; English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. Browne's writings display a deep curiosity towards the natural world, influenced by the scientific revolution of Baconian enquiry, while his Christian faith exuded tolerance and goodwill towards humanity in an often intolerant era.