The jury is out as to whether he eventually went back to school and received a medical license, but Biography points out he did work as a physician during the plague outbreak in Italy and France. Along the way, he was expelled for practicing a 'manual trade' (the use of herbal remedies), which was considered 'too low' for a doctor (via Biography). He originally worked as an apothecary, then attended the University of Montpelier to pursue a medical degree. It's fair to say Nostradamus didn't have a boring life. Nostradamus was born Michel de Notredame in 1503 in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France.
