He and Baron d'Holbach were trailblazers in the (then) altogether novel idea of subjecting religion to the same skeptical rigor tha was belieg applied to all other disciplines such as medecine, astronomy mathematics etc.. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
I started studying medecine at Edinburgh University and ended up obtaining a Doctorat (Ph.D.) in Fine Art at the Sorbonne University in Paris in 2007. (uncertainstates.com)