Brown, Francis – Brown, James Allen
Brown, Francis
third president of Dartmouth college, was born Jan. 11, 1784, in Chester, N. H. He graduated from Dartmouth college, became a tutor, and in 1810 was ordained a pastor of the congregational church in North Yarmouth, Maine. In 1815 he was inaugurated president of Dartmouth college; and died July 27, 1820.
Brown, Francis
educator, author, was born in 1849 in New Hampshire He has been professor of Hebrew and cognate languages at Union Theological seminary since 1890; and is the author of Assyriology; its Use and Abuse; and The Teachings of the Apostles.
Brown, Frederic Alden
banker, was born Sept. 16, 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1877 he became a member of the firm known as Walston H. Brown -and Brothers. He was for eight years treasurer of the Rochester and Pittsburg railroad company, and was for the same length of time connected with the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron company.
Brown, George
banker, was born April 17, 1787, in Ireland. The city of Baltimore is largely indebted to him, as well as his father for the condition of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He donated his money liberally to the important institutions, and for many of them was an active worker. He died Aug. 26, 1859, in Baltimore, Md.
Brown, George
naval officer, was born June 19, 1835. He participated in the hazardous ascent of the Mississippi river under Farragut, and in the first attack on Vicksburg in June, 1862. He was promoted lieutenant-commander in 1862, and shortly afterward placed in charge of the Indianola iron-clad, of the Mississippi squadron.
Brown, George Eugene
educator, college president, was born May 18, 1867, in Mason City, Iowa. He graduated with the degree of B. S. from the Iowa Agricultural college in 1892. He has occupied positions as teacher, county superintendent, editor and president of the Midland Normal school, and is well known as a writer on educational topics.
Brown, George H
lawyer, congressman, was born in New Jersey. He was a member of the convention which formed the state constitution of 1844; and was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1851 to 1853.
Brown, George Loring
painter, was born Feb. 2, 1814, in Boston, Mass.
He spent twenty years in Antwerp, Rome.
Florence, Paris and London, and returned to the United States in 1860, with a high reputation as a landscape painter at home and abroad. Among his more important pictures are The Bay of New York; The *Crown of New England; Venice; Sunset, Genoa; Niagara by Moonlight; Capri; Doge's Palace at Sunset; Sunrise, Venice; and Doge's Palace at Sunrise. He died June 25, 1889, in Boston, Mass.
Brown, George Thaddeus
specialist, was born July 16, 1863, in Belton, S. C. He attended the North Georgia Agricultural college, Southern Medical college, New York Post Graduate, and the New York Polyclinic. He has attained a national reputation as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
Brown, George Warren
merchant, manufacturer, was born March 21, 1853, in Granville, N. Y. He organized the first successful shoe manufacturing plant in St. Louis, commencing operations Dec. 1, 1878. He has been president of the Brown Shoe company since its first incorporation in 1882.
Brown, Glenn
architect, author, was born Sept. 13, 1854, in Fauquier county, Va. He was educated at the Washington and Lee university, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of Boston, Mass. Since 1879 he has been engaged in the architectural work in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland and South Carolina. He is the author of many books on sanitary, mechanical and historical topics. He is the author of a work entitled A History of the United States Capitol.
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 Billings
associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, was born March 2, 1836, in South Lee, Mass. In 1861 he was appointed deputy marshal of the United States, and subsequently assistant United States attorney for the eastern district of Michigan, a position he held until 1868, when he was appointed judge of the state circuit court of Wayne county, to fill a vacancy. In 1875 he was appointed by President Grant district judge for the eastern district of Michigan, and in 1890 was appointed associate justice of the supreme court; and has served since 1891. He is the author of Admiralty Reports for Western Lake and River Districts.
Brown, Henry Corbes
contractor, financier, was born Nov. 18, 1820, in St.
Clairsville, Ohio. In Denver he grew rich by building contracts and operations in lands and mines. In the spring of 1864, he took up a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres, at $2.50 per acre. The property is now worth millions. He was one of the builders of the Denver street railroad, and built and owned Brown's Palace Hotel, which cost $1,600,- 000. In 1875, he gave ten acres for a site for the capitol of Colorado.
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, Isaac Van Arsdale
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 4, 1784, in Somerset county, N. J. Among his publications are "Life of Robert Finley, D. D.; The Unity of the Human Race; and also a Historical Vindication of the Abrogation of the Plan of Union by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. He was one of the founders of the American Colonization society, and worked for its advancement, and was one of the original members of the American Bible society. He died April 19, 1861, in Trenton, N. J.
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
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Sept. 11, 1766, near Staunton, Va. He was secretary of the Territory of Louisiana after its acquisition. This led him to New Orleans, which became his home. He was appointed United States attorney for the district of Louisiana, and rose to a high rank at the bar. He was appointed a territorial judge in 1804, and was chosen to the United States senate from Louisiana, and served from 1812 to 1817, and again from 1819 to 1824. He died April 7, 1835, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Brown, James
banker, was born in February, 1791, in Ireland. He became one of the representative bankers of New York. In the panic of 1837, the English branch of the firm was able to secure a loan of $10,000,000 from the Bank of England, which enabled the local firm to weather the financial storm without suspension, and placed them in the front rank of the bankers of the world. The house has branches in Baltimore and Philadelphia in this country, under different names, and in England under the name of Brown, Shipley and Co. He died Nov. 1, 1877, in New York city.
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