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Brown, Goold

educator, author, was born March 7, 1791, in Providence, R. I.

He was an educator of New York city and a famous grammarian. He was the author of Grammar of English Grammars; Institutes of English Grammar; and First Lines of English Grammar. His works on grammar have probably had the most extensive circulation of any of the kind.

He died March 31, 1857, in Lynn, Mass.

Brown, Helen Dawes

lecturer, author, was born in Massachusetts. She was a lecturer on English literature in New York city, and the author of The Petrie Estate, a novel; Two College Girls; and Little Miss Phœbe Gay.

Brown, Henry Armitt

lawyer, orator, author, was born Dec. 1, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer and orator of Philadelphia, and the author of Four Historical Orations, which have been much admired. He died Aug. 21, 1879, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Brown, Henry B

painter, was born in 1831, in Portland, Maine. He painted coast scenery; and in his wonderful rendering of the sea he stands among American artists unrivalled. East Highlands; On the Androscoggin; and On the Coast of Maine are among the best of his works.

He died in 1860, in Portland, Maine.

Brown, Henry Francis

financier, was born Oct. 10, 1838, in Baldwin, Maine.

As a manufacturer of lumber in Minneapolis he has amassed a fortune. He is now president of the Union National bank; vice-president of the Minneapolis Trust company, and president of the Minneapolis Land and Investment company.

Brown, Henry Kirke

sculptor, was born Feb. 24, 1814, in Leyden, Mass.

He attained distinction as one of the foremost sculptors in America. He died July 10, 1886, in Newburg, N. Y.

Brown, Henry Kirke Bush

sculptor, was born April 21, 1857, in Ogdensburgh, N. Y. He studied sculpture with Henry K. Brown of Newburg, N. Y., and with Mercie and Chapu in Paris. He was given high honors at the World's Fair for his equestrian group of Indian Buffalo Hunt, and his equestrian statue of General Meade, erected by the state of Pennsylvania on the battlefield of Gettysburg, and dedicated June 5, 1896.

Brown, Henry William

educator, was born March 30, 1861, in Camden, Maine. For the past ten years he has filled the chair of psychology and ethics in the New Hampton literary institution, and is a constant contributor to current literature.

Brown, J. Appleton

artist, was born July 24, 1844, in Newburyport, Mass.

Among his works are A View, Dives Calvados, France; Old Road Near Paris; On the Merrimac at Newburyport; Autumn; Storm at the Isle of Shoals; and Springtime.

Brown, Jacob

soldier, was born May 9, 1775, in Bucks county, Pa. When the war of 1812 broke out, he entered the army, and in 1813 was made brigadiergeneral in the regular army, and on Jan. 24, 1814, assigned to the army of the Niagara, with the rank of major-general. In 1821 he was appointed general-in-chief of the United States army, which position he held until his death. He died Feb. 24, 1828, in Washington, D. C.

Brown, James Allen

educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1821, in Pennsylvania. He was a Lutheran clergyman and educator; professor in Gettysburg seminary in 1864-77, and the author of The New Theology. He died in

Brown, James S

lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 1, 1824, in Hampton, Maine. In 1846 he was chosen prosecuting attorney for Milwaukee county, Wis.; in 1848 was elected attorney-general of the state; and in 1861 was mayor of Milwaukee. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirty-eighth congress. He died in 1878, in Milwaukee, Wis.