y, Locke's work included being the secretary of the Board of Trade and Plantations and Secretary to the Lords Proprietors of the Carolinas. Lord Ashley became the first Earl of Shaftesbury in 1672. In 1674 after Shaftesbury had left the government, Locke went back to Oxford, where he acquired the degree Bachelor of medicine, and a license to practice medicine. Because of his asthma, Locke went to France in hope of better health. In France Locke spent the next fifteen months traveling and learning about Protestantism in France.
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