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  1. John A. Brown

    John A. Brown may refer to John A. Brown department store , a defunct Oklahoma based department store chain John A. Brown, Jr. , Louisiana murderer executed in 1997 See also John Brown disambiguation disambig ...   more details



  1. John Brown

    John Brown may refer to John Brown abolitionist 1800 1859 , American who led an anti slavery revolt in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859 John Brown doctor 1735 1788 , Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation John Brown servant 1826 1883 , Scottish servant of Queen Victoria John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to tocright Politicians American John Y. Brown, Sr. 1900 1985 , U.S. representative D KY, 1933 1935 John Y. Brown, Jr. born 1933 , Kentucky governor, 1979 1983 John Young Brown III born 1963 , Kentucky Secretary of State, 1996 2000 John Y. Brown 1835 1904 , Kentucky governor 1891 1895, U.S. representative D KY, 1859 1861, 1873 1877 John Brown Kentucky 1757 1837 , U.S. representative VA, 1789 1792 and U.S. senator KY, 1793 1805 member of Continental Congress from Virginia John Brewer Brown 1836 1898 , U.S. representative D MD, 1892 1893 John Brown Maryland 1760 1815 , U.S. representative DR MD, 1809 1810 John W. Brown New York politician 1796 1875 , U.S. representative JD NY, 1833 1837 John Brown North Carolina 1738 1812 , pioneer and statesman John William Brown 1913 1993 , Ohio governor for eleven days in 1957 R John Brown Pennsylvania 1772 1845 , U.S. representative PA John Brown Rhode Island 1736 1803 , U.S. representative F RI, 1799 1801 , co founder of Brown University John C. Brown 1827 1889 , Confederate general, Tennessee governor, D John Brown Texas politician c. 1786 1852 , Republic of Texas politician, speaker of the Texas state House of Representatives, 1846, D John Robert Brown Virginia politician 1842 1927 , U.S. representative R VA, 1887 1889 John Henry Brown 1820 1895 , Texas politician, historian, chaired Texas articles of Secession John Brown Mormon , leader of the Mississippi Saints, father of Amy B. Lyman John Calhoun Brown 1879 1964 , merchant and mayor of Minden, Louisiana John T. Brown 1876 1951 , American politician Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1929 1931 John Brown Cherokee chief ...   more details



  1. John T. Brown

    John T. Brown 1876 1951 was an United States American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1929 to 1931. ref cite web title Lieutenant Governors Of The State Of Ohio 1852 Present url http www.sos.state.oh.us sos elections Research electResultsMain HistoricalElectionComparisons Lieutenant 20Governors 20of 20the 20State 20of 20Ohio 201852 20 20present.aspx publisher Ohio Secretary of State accessdate 2012 01 24 ref Brown was born in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio. He was a Republican and a Methodist. References reflist Governors of Ohio Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John T. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1876 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1951 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John T. Category 1876 births Category 1951 deaths Category Lieutenant Governors of Ohio Category American Methodists Ohio politician stub ...   more details



  1. John S. Brown

    Infobox military person name John Sloan Brown image caption birth date death date birth place death place placeofburial placeofburial label nickname allegiance United States of America branch United States Army serviceyears 1971 2004 rank Brigadier General unit commands B Company, 4 37 Armor br 2nd Battalion, 66th Armor br 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry br Chief of Military History, United States Army Center of Military History CMH battles Gulf War awards relations laterwork John S. Brown is a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army who was the Chief of Military History of the United States Army Center of Military History CMH from December 1998 to October 2005. Brown graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1971. He commanded the 2nd Battalion, 66th Armor, in Iraq and Kuwait during the Gulf War and returned to Kuwait as commander of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, in 1995. He served as Chief Historian and Commander of the United States Army Center of Military History from 1998 to 2005 however, he retired from active duty on 1 August 2004. Brown has a doctorate in history from Indiana University . References This article incorporates text in the public domain from the United States Army. cite journal accessdate October 21, 2008 url http findarticles.com p articles mi qa3723 is 200801 ai n24394601 title Earle G. Wheeler at 100 author Brown, John S. journal Army publisher Association of the United States Army, reprinted by FindArticles.com date January 2006 cite book accessdate 2008 10 21 url http books.google.com ?id 8Hkt42314xIC&pg PA663&lpg PA663&dq 22John S. Brown 22 U.S. Army Brigadier General title An Army at War Change in the Midst of Conflict page 663 series The Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2005 Military History Symposium author publisher DIANE Publishing year 2005 isbn 1428916253 Persondata NAME Brown, John Sloan ALTERNATIVE ... DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Sloan Category Living people Category Indiana ...   more details



  1. John Brown, Jr.

    John Brown, Jr. may refer to John A. Brown, Jr. , American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin John Y. Brown, Jr. , Governor of Kentucky from 1980 to 1984 John Brown, Jr. Navajo , one of the Navajo Code Talkers See also John Brown disambiguation hndis Brown, John, Jr. ...   more details



  1. John Robert Brown

    John Robert Brown may refer to John Robert Brown Virginia politician 1842 1927 , United States representative from Virginia John Robert Brown judge 1909 1993 , member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, noted for his key decisions in favor of civil rights John Robert Brown British Columbia politician 1862 1947 , lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada See also John Brown disambiguation hndis name Brown, John Robert DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Robert ...   more details



  1. John Brown's Body (disambiguation)

    John Brown s Body is an American marching song popular in the Union during the American Civil War. John Brown s Body is also the name of John Brown s Body poem John Brown s Body poem , a 1928 poem by Stephen Vincent Benet John Brown s Body novel John Brown s Body novel , a 1969 novel by A. L. Barker John Brown s Body band , American reggae band disambig ...   more details



  1. John Young Brown

    John Young Brown may refer to John Y. Brown 1835 1904 , United States representative from Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky from 1891 to 1895 John Y. Brown, Sr. 1900 1985 , United States representative from Kentucky John Y. Brown, Jr. born 1933 , Governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983 John Young Brown III born 1963 , Secretary of State of Kentucky from 1996 to 2004 See also John Brown disambiguation Young Brown , boxer from 1910s hndis name Brown, John Young DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Young pt John Young Brown ...   more details



  1. Provisional Constitution (John Brown)

    Multiple issues unreferenced October 2010 unreferenced December 2009 orphan December 2009 John Brown abolitionist John Brown s Provisional Constitution was created for the new states in the region he was planning to invade. External links http law.umkc.edu faculty projects ftrials johnbrown brownconstitution.html John Brown s Provisional Constitution Full Text Category John Brown abolitionist Category Provisional constitutions US hist stub ...   more details



  1. John Brown (doctor)

    File John Brown 1735 1788 .jpg thumb John Brown John Brown 1735 17 October 1788 was a Scotland Scottish physician . Brown was born in Berwickshire and after attending the parish school at Duns , he moved to Edinburgh and enrolled in divinity classes at the university of Edinburgh and worked part time as a private tutor. In 1759 he discontinued his theological studies and began the study of medicine and became the private tutor for the William Cullen family. After a dispute with Cullen and the professors of the university, Brown s public lectures contained attacks on preceding systems of medicine, including Cullen s. In 1780 Brown published his Elementa Medicinae , or the Brunonian system of medicine , which for a time was a popular text. In 1786 he went to London to improve his fortunes but died of apoplexy two years later, on October 17, 1788. In 1795 a critical edition of Brown s Elements of Medicine was published by the well known physician Thomas Beddoes for the benefit of Brown s widow and children. ref Staff January 1811 Stock s Life of Beddoes The Medical and Physical Journal 25 pp. 172 175 259 264 342 348, http books.google.com books?id NQ8UAAAAQAAJ&pg PA263 p. 263 ref An edition of Brown s works, with a biography by his son, William Cullen Brown, appeared in 1804. Notes Reflist References Wikisource1911Enc Brown, John Scottish physician 1735 1788 1911 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1735 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1788 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Category 1735 births Category 1788 deaths Category 18th century Scottish medical doctors de John Brown Psychiater fr John Brown docteur it John Brown medico pt John Brown m dico sv John Brown 1735 1788 ...   more details



  1. John Brown Junior

    Orphan date February 2009 notability Biographies date February 2009 John Brown Jr. , the eldest son of the abolitionist John Brown abolitionist John Brown , was born in Ohio in July 1821. Along with four brothers, John Jr. moved out west to Kansas in 1854. ref Richard Warch and Jonathan Fanton, Great Lives Observed John Brown, p. 8. ref After his father s actions in Bloody Kansas , John Jr. was arrested ... Lives Observed John Brown, p 10. ref Shortly after this, John Jr. left Kansas with his father. John Jr. might have been aware of the plans for the John Brown s raid on Harpers Ferry raid at Harpers Ferry ... John Brown and other members of the plans and cause, John Brown appointed John Jr. as the intelligence agent and liaison ref Oates, Stephen, p.223 ref .This meant that John Jr. would be the go between for John Brown and other members. This provided safety for John Brown and secrecy. Knowledge of the Virginia Raid It is possible that John Jr. was aware of his father s plans to raid the arsenal ... might not have been as widely known except to those closest to Brown ref Franklin Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p.450 ref . It is said that John Jr. was well aware of the plans ..., p.252 ref Scouting and Recruiting Recruiting John Brown sent John Jr. on a journey throughout ... to join John Brown s cause. The areas that John Jr. was ordered to visit, specifically, were Gettysburg ... abolitionist john brown.blogspot.com 2006 05 01 archive.html ref In 1858, John Brown sent John Jr ... topic john brown ref Citations Sources references Primary Sanborn, Franklin ed. 1891 The Life and Letters of John Brown Secondary Ables, Jules 1971 Man On Fire John Brown and the Cause of Liberty. Oates, Stephen B. 1970 To Purge This Land With Blood A Biography of John Brown. Warch, Richard& Fanton, Jonathan ed. 1973 Great Lives Observed John Brown Online John Brown The Abolitionist by Louis A. Decaro Jr. Answers.com John Brown DEFAULTSORT Brown Junior, John Category John Brown abolitionist ...   more details



  1. John Nicholas Brown I

    John Nicholas Brown I 1861 1900 was a book collector who donated his father s collection to Brown University . ref cite web url http www.brown.edu Facilities John Carter Brown Library pages fr history.html title History of the John Carter Brown library accessdate 2011 04 21 quote Although the Brown family had been acquiring books since early in the eighteenth century, the present collection was not fully launched until the mid nineteenth century when John Carter Brown 1797 1874 began avid pursuit of Americana, an area of interest he termed the Great Subject. His son, John Nicholas Brown 1861 1900 ... He was born in 1861 to John Carter Brown II . He had a son, John Nicholas Brown II , who was born ... Brown Rhode Island . ref cite web url http proteus.brown.edu egypt1923 253 title John Nicholas Brown II accessdate 2011 04 22 quote John Nicholas Brown II 1900 1979 was born February 21, 1900. Two months later, his father John Nicholas Brown I died of typhoid fever, followed shortly by the unexpected death of his uncle Harold Brown. Thus, as an infant JNB became heir of his family s fortune and was dubbed by the public the richest baby in America. John Nicholas Brown traveled the world in his youth and would continue to do so throughout his life. ... publisher Brown University ref ref cite ... page quote When John Nicholas Brown I and his brother both died in 1900, they left their fortune to John s three month old son, who became the richest baby in the world. url http books.google.com books?id gUMsAAAAYAAJ&q 22John Nicholas Brown I 22&dq 22John Nicholas Brown I 22&hl en&ei uQSxTeKjH4nb0QHpxI1h ... links http library.brown.edu omeka items show 14 John Nicholas Brown I painting References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John Nicholas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1861 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1900 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Nicholas Category 1861 births Category 1900 deaths Category Brown family John Nicholas Brown I ...   more details



  1. John Carter Brown

    For the former director of the U.S. National Gallery of Art J. Carter Brown Infobox person name John Carter Brown image caption birth date 1797 birth place death date 1874 death place other names known for occupation Book collector children John Nicholas Brown I nationality United States American John Carter Brown II 1797 1874 was a book collector whose library formed the basis of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University . Biography He was born in 1797 to Nicholas Brown, Jr. , the namesake patron of Brown University . Collecting American books in the mid 19th century, John Carter Brown amassed thousands of early American volumes. He was the first American to join the Hakluyt Society American Friends of the Hakluyt Society Hakluyt Society as a charter member in 1846. He fathered a son at age 64, John Nicholas Brown I 1861 1900 continued his father s collection and in his testament assigned funds for the library building. John Carter Brown died in 1874. ref cite web url http www.brown.edu Facilities John Carter Brown Library pages fr history.html title History of the John Carter Brown library accessdate 2011 04 21 quote Although the Brown family had been acquiring books since early in the eighteenth century, the present collection was not fully launched until the mid nineteenth century when John Carter Brown 1797 1874 began avid pursuit of Americana, an area of interest he termed the Great Subject. His son, John Nicholas Brown 1861 1900 , actively continued this tradition ... John Carter Brown Library pages fr history.html History of the John Carter Brown library , retrieved March 15, 2008 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John Carter ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Carter Category 1797 births Category 1874 deaths Category American philanthropists Category Brown family John Carter Brown philanthropist stub ... research as a memorial to his father. publisher ref Legacy He was an ancestor of J. Carter Brown ...   more details



  1. The Last Days of John Brown

    Thoreauviana expanded Core The Last Days of John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoreau written in 1860 that praised the executed abolitionist militia leader John Brown abolitionist John Brown . On line sources http www.sniggle.net Experiment index.php?entry johnbrown lastdays The Last Days of John Brown at The Picket Line Printed sources My Thoughts are Murder to the State by Henry David Thoreau ISBN 978 1434804266 The Higher Law Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform ISBN 978 0691118765 Collected Essays and Poems by Henry David Thoreau ISBN 978 1 88301195 6 DEFAULTSORT Last Days of John Brown, The Category Essays by Henry David Thoreau Category 1860 essays essay stub ...   more details



  1. John Brown (writer)

    About the theologian, historian and biographer the earlier writer John Brown essayist other religious authors and similar called John Brown John Brown Religion John Brown BA DD was a British people British theologian, historian, and pastor. He was born in 1830. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Bachelor s of Arts and a Doctor of Divinity Doctorate of Divinity and served as pastor of John Bunyan s Chapel Bunyan s Chapel in the town of Bedford , Bedfordshire in the East of England Eastern part of England . He was the author of several oft referenced works on church history and theology, including an important biography of John Bunyan , subtitled His Life, Times and Work. The Rev. John Brown died in 1922. Personal life Brown married Ada Haydon Ford 1837 1929 in 1859. ref cite book title Dissenting Forbears The Maternal Ancestors of J.M. Keynes last Brown first Neville authorlink coauthors year 1988 publisher Phillimore & Co. location Shopwyke Hall, Chichester, Sussex, England isbn 0 85033 670 8 page pages 91 6 174 url ref Their children included Walter Langdon Brown , the physician and professor of medicine and Florence Ada Keynes Florence Ada Brown , a political activist combating poverty and eventual mayor of Cambridge , England. He is the grandfather of John Maynard Keynes . Works As Author Puritan Preaching in England A Study of Past and Present John Bunyan His Life, Times and Work The Pilgrim Fathers of New England and Their Puritan Successors The History of The English Bible As Editor Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War by John Bunyan 1905 The Sermons of Thomas Adams clergyman Thomas Adams The Shakespeare of Puritan Theologians A Selection References wikisource author John Brown 1830 1922 Reflist Persondata name Brown, John alternative names short description date of birth 1830 place of birth date of death 1922 place of death DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Category English religious writers Category English historians Category English theologians Category Historians ...   more details



  1. John Brown (fugitive slave)

    For the abolitionist John Brown abolitionist Image John brown.jpg thumb John Brown John Brown c.1810 1876 also known by his slave name, Fed , was a slave in Virginia. He moved at age ten to North Carolina where he was separated from his mother. He was moved to Georgia U.S. state Georgia where he worked some years on a cotton farm in Milledgeville under harsh conditions. After several attempts, Brown finally managed to escape and moved around the country and the world, eventually sailing to England in 1850 where he worked as a carpenter in London. He contacted the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society and in 1855 he dictated the book Slave Life in Georgia A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England to the society s secretary, Louis Alexis Chamerovzow. This is one of the many descriptions of slave s life in the south known as slave narrative s. Brown married a local woman and remained in London until his death, earning a living as a herbalist . He died in London in 1876. External links http docsouth.unc.edu neh jbrown menu.html Slave Life in Georgia A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England. London W. M. Watts , 1855. Books Brown, John 1855 , and Chamerovzow, Louis ed. . Slave Life in Georgia A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England , London W.M. Watts. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1810 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1876 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Category 1810 births Category 1876 deaths Category American slaves Category People from Virginia Category African American non fiction writers Category Black British former slaves fr John Brown esclave ...   more details



  1. John Brown House

    John Brown House , or John Brown Farmhouse or variations, may refer to in the United States by state John Stanford Brown House , Walnut Grove, California, National Register of Historic Places listings in Sacramento County, California listed on the NRHP in Sacramento County, California John Brown Stone Warehouse , Fort Wayne, Indiana, National Register of Historic Places listings in Allen County, Indiana listed on the NRHP in Allen County, Indiana John Brown Cabin , Osawatomie, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Miami County, Kansas John C. Brown House , Mulberry, Kentucky, National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Kentucky listed on the NRHP in Shelby County, Kentucky John Brown IV House , Swansea, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts John Brown Farm and Gravesite , Lake Placid, New York, gravesite of abolitionist John Brown, and a U.S. National Historic Landmark John Brown House Akron, Ohio , a historic house property owned by the Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio John Hartness Brown House , Cleveland Heights, Ohio, National Register of Historic Places listings in Cuyahoga County, Ohio listed on the NRHP in Cuyahoga County, Ohio John Brown Farmhouse Hudson, Ohio , National Register of Historic Places listings in Summit County, Ohio listed on the NRHP in Summit County, Ohio John and Amelia Brown Farmhouse , Brownsville, Oregon, National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County, Oregon listed on the NRHP in Linn County, Oregon John Brown House Chambersburg, Pennsylvania , List of RHPs in PA listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania John Brown Tannery Site , New Richmond, Pennsylvania, List of RHPs in PA listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania John Brown House Providence, Rhode Island , a U.S. National Historic Landmark, home of a merchant John R. Brown House ... in Collin County, Texas John M. Brown House , Washington, Texas, National Register of Historic ...   more details



  1. John Crosby Brown

    John Crosby Brown 1838 June 25, 1909 was a partner in Brown Bros. & Co. which was founded by his father James Brown financier James Brown and his uncles the sons of Alexander Brown of Baltimore. He married Mary E. Adams in 1864 the dauighter of John Adams educator . He died on June 25, 1909 in Orange Mountain House, New Jersey . ref cite news first last authorlink coauthors title John Crosby Brown Dead. Senior Member of Banking Firm London House in Existence a Century. url http query.nytimes.com mem archive free pdf? r 1&res 9804E0D91539E733A25755C2A9609C946897D6CF quote work New York Times date June 26, 1909 accessdate 2009 08 17 format PDF ref Some records of John Crosby Brown are included in the Brown Brothers Harriman Collection, which is housed in New York Historical Society s manuscript collection. References reflist Sources http www.westorangehistory.com id92.html West Orange History John Crosby Brown http www.jstor.org pss 3253046 Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art John Crosby Brown, Treasurer http books.google.com books?id KRjPBj19i 4C&lpg PA99&ots UeqKtMrgUS&dq 22john 20crosby 20brown 22&pg PA99 v onepage&q 22john 20crosby 20brown 22&f false Biographic Dictionary of American Business Leaders John Crosby Brown Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John Crosby ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1838 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1909 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Crosby Category 1838 births Category 1909 deaths ...   more details



  1. John Brown (Rhode Island)

    Infobox person name John Brown I image birth date Birth date 1736 1 27 birth place Providence, Rhode ... , brother br Moses Brown , brother br John Brown Francis , grandson nationality United States American Image John Brown House.JPG thumb 200px right John Brown House Providence, Rhode Island John Brown House photographed in 1918 John Brown I January 27, 1736 September 20, 1803 was an United States ... . In 1764, John Brown joined his brothers Nicholas Brown Brown University Nicholas Brown and Moses ... heavily in privateers during the 1760s through 1780s. John Brown sold the United States Navy ... 1785 but did not attend. American revolution John Brown played a leading role in the Gaspee Affair ... Navy, was built in 1768 by John Brown. It was purchased by the colony of Rhode Island after British ... Slave Trade ref John Brown died at Providence, Rhode Island Providence , Rhode Island on September 20, 1803, and is buried in the North Burial Ground there. Controversy slavery John Brown ... Slave Trade ref Then on August 5, 1797, John Brown was tried in federal court as the first American ... to the Report of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. Family ties John Brown was a descendant ... was Sarah Smith Brown 1738 1825 . John Brown s father was James Brown II 1698 1739 of Providence, and his ... Society Papers of James Brown II 1698 1739 ref John Brown s uncle was Obadiah Brown I 1712 1762 ... Historical Society Papers of Obadiah Brown I 1712 1762 ref John Brown s younger brother, Moses Brown ... Rhode Island political figure. John Brown s nephew the philanthropist Nicholas Brown, Jr. is the namesake for Brown University. Brown s grandson, John Brown Francis was later a U.S. Senator and Governor of Rhode Island . John Brown s son James Brown III was born on September 22, 1761 and educated ..., and died on December 12, 1834. John Brown s daughter Sarah Brown Herreshoff 1773 1846 was married to Charles ... Herreshoff 1809 1888 and their grandsons, James Brown Herreshoff 1834 1930 , John Brown Herreshoff ...   more details



  1. John W. Brown

    Other people John W. Brown John Brown disambiguation Infobox person name John W. Brown image John w brown circa 1900.jpg image size 180px caption birth date 1867 birth place Canada death date death date 1941 6 19 mf y death place occupation Labor leader spouse parents children John W. Brown 1867 June 19, 1941 was a labor union leader. Born in Canada , he moved to Maine and worked as a joiner at the Bath Iron Works , where he became involved with the labor movement. He became an organizer for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters , then went to the United Mine Workers and was involved with the Colorado conflicts of 1913 and 1914, including the Ludlow Massacre . In 1934 he was living in Woolwich, Maine , where he helped organize Local 4 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America , and later served on the union s board. From 1936 on he wrote a regular column for the Shipyard Worker , the union s newspaper. He died at home, from an accidental discharge of his hunting rifle . The Liberty ship SS John W. Brown SS John W. Brown was named for him the next year. External links http www.liberty ship.com html brown john w brown.html John W. Brown biography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1867 PLACE OF BIRTH Canada DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1941 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John W. Category 1867 births Category 1941 deaths Category American labor leaders ...   more details



  1. A Plea for Captain John Brown

    Thoreauviana expanded Core A Plea for Captain John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoreau . It is based ..., two weeks after John Brown abolitionist John Brown s raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Harper s Ferry , and repeated several times before Brown s execution on December 2, 1859. It was later published as a part of Echoes of Harper s Ferry in 1860. sup References 1 sup Context John Brown, a radical ..., treason, and inciting a slave insurrection, Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. Although largely called a failure at the time, the raid and Brown s subsequent execution impelled the American Civil War . Synopsis Thoreau s essay espoused John Brown and his fight for abolition. In opposition with popular ... man, Thoreau proclaimed in admiration, Brown was highly moral and humane. Independent, under the auspices of John Brown and nobody else, and direct of speech, Brown instilled fear, which he attributed ... Brown s actions as misguided. On line sources s A Plea for Captain John Brown A Plea for Captain John Brown Wikisource http www.gutenberg.org etext 2567 A Plea for Captain John Brown Project Gutenberg http www.sniggle.net Experiment index.php?entry johnbrown Thoreau on John Brown includes A Plea ... Comparing Thoreau s journals with A Plea for Captain John Brown DEFAULTSORT Plea For Captain John Brown ... David Thoreau Category American Civil War documents fr Plaidoyer pour John Brown ... by federal forces led by Robert E. Lee and Brown was jailed. The raid resulted in thirteen deaths ... who characterized Brown as foolish and insane he painted a portrait of a peerless man whose embrace of a cause was unparalleled. Brown s commitment to justice and adherence to the United States ... likens Brown s execution he states that he regards Brown as dead before his actual death to Christ ... vents at the scores of United States Americans who have voiced their displeasure and scorn for John Brown. The same people, Thoreau says, can t relate to Brown because of their concrete stances and dead ...   more details



  1. John Seely Brown

    primary sources date February 2012 File JSBJI4.jpg thumb 240px John Seely Brown John Seely Brown also ... and organizational learning . JSB is also the namesake of John Seely Brown Symposium on Technology and Society ... sciences. ref cite web title About John Seely Brown url http www.johnseelybrown.com bio.html ... Senior Fellow Publications John Seely Brown, Douglas Thomas, A New Culture of Learning Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change , CreateSpace 2011. ISBN 9781456458881. John Seely Brown .... John Seely Brown, John Hagel III , Lang Davison, The Power of Pull How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things In Motion , Basic Books 2010. ISBN 9780465019359. John Seely Brown, John ... Seely Brown, John Hagel III , The Only Sustainable Edge Why Business Strategy Depends On Productive ... 9780750678209. John Seely Brown, John Hagel III , Out of The Box Strategies for Achieving Profits Today ... 9780875847627. John Seely Brown Ed. , Seeing Differently Insights on Innovation , Harvard Business Press 1997. ISBN 9780875847559 John Seely Brown, Research that Reinvents the Corporation , Harvard Business Review 1991. John Seely Brown, D. Sleemann Eds. , Intelligent Tutoring Systems , Academic Press ... links http www.johnseelybrown.com John Seely Brown s website http blogs.harvardbusiness.org bigshift ... Search?searchTerm hagel seely brown&resultsPerPage 20 John Seely Brown s BusinessWeek columns co authored with John Hagel http www.edgeperspectives.com John Seely Brown s collaborative ... 253D108577 2526cid 253D224851,00.html Meet John Seely Brown, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation http www.si.umich.edu jsb past.htm John Seely Brown Symposium Ambient intelligence Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John Seely ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Seely Category Living people Category ..., and a panel discussion, The Implications of Open Source Software, featuring Brown, Lessig and the William ...   more details



  1. John Brown Farm and Gravesite

    Infobox nrhp name John Brown Farm and Gravesite nrhp type nhl locmapin New York image John Brown s grave 1896 S R Stoddard.jpg caption John Brown s grave, 1896, S R Stoddard . nearest city Lake Placid ...?ResourceId 709459206&ResourceType District title John Brown Farm and Gravesite date September ... and Historic Preservation refnum 72000840 The John Brown Farm and Gravesite was the home and is the final resting place of abolitionist John Brown abolitionist John Brown . It is located on John Brown Road in North Elba, New York North Elba near Lake Placid, New York , where John Brown moved in 1849 .... File House at John Brown s Farm.jpg left thumb Farmhouse The entire property purchased by John ... Text 72000840.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination John Brown Farm and Gravesite 341  KB first ..., from 1996. 1.59  MB ref gallery Image John Brown s Tombstone.jpg John Brown s Tombstone, North Elba, New York North Elba Image Parlor in John Brown s Farmhouse.jpg Parlor in John Brown s Farmhouse Image Kitchen in John Brown s Farmhouse.jpg Kitchen Image First floor Bedroom in John Brown s Farm.JPG First floor Bedroom Image Bedroom in John Brown s Farmhouse.jpg 2nd Floor Bedroom gallery See ... links http nysparks.state.ny.us historic sites 29 details.aspx John Brown Farm State Historic Site ... gerritsmith nelba.htm New York History Net , John Brown s Farm http www.nps.gov nr travel underground ny4.htm Aboard the Underground Railway John Brown Farm and Gravesite, at National Park ... Utopian Experiment http www.loc.gov pictures item NY1267 John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Farmhouse ... Areas of New York DEFAULTSORT Brown, John, Farm and Gravesite Category Houses on the National Register ... Landmarks in New York Category John Brown abolitionist Farm and Gravesite Category Museums in Essex County, New York John Brown Farm and Gravesite Category Houses completed in 1849 Category Historic ... behind. Brown returned to visit his family at Lake Placid several times. In 1859, Brown attempted ...   more details



  1. John Lothrop Brown

    John Lothrop Brown November 15, 1815 &ndash January 13, 1887 was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia , Canada. He represented Kings County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1859 to 1863. He was born in Horton, Nova Scotia , the son of Charles Brown and Frances Lothrop. Brown married Elizabeth Whidden. He died in Wolfville, Nova Scotia at the age of 72. His brother Edward L. Brown also served in the provincial assembly. References A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758 1958 , Public Archives of Nova Scotia 1958 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John L ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1815 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1887 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John L Category 1815 births Category 1887 deaths Category Nova Scotia pre Confederation MLAs NovaScotia MLA stub ...   more details



  1. John Brown (Covenanter)

    John Brown 1627 1685 , also known as the Christian Carrier , was a Protestant Covenanter from Priesthill, a few miles from Muirkirk in Ayrshire , Scotland . He became a Presbyterian martyr in 1685. In 1685, Brown was captured along with his nephew, one John Brownen by a Troop of Horse under the command of John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee Graham of Claverhouse , Brown s house was searched where bullets, match and treasonable documents were found. ref Mark Napier Memorials and letters illustrative of life and times of John Graham of Claverhouse, viscount Dundee 1859 ref Brown was offered the chance to take the Oath of Abjuration. Brown refused to swear that he would not take up arms against the King. At the time, failure to take the Oath was a capital offence, defying the King was high treason this was a fact of which Brown was well aware. Brown was then executed. John Brownen then made testimony that John Brown, far from being a saintly man, had in fact been in armes at Drumclog and Bothwell ... to his Uncle John Brown. ref Charles Sandford Terry John Graham of Claverhouse, viscount of Dundee, 1648 1689 1905 ref ref Mark Napier Memorials and letters illustrative of life and times of John ... being the foremost attempted to blacken the name of Claverhouse, and John Brown, armed insurrectionist, became John Brown, the Christian Carrier of McFeeters fable. Notes reflist References Mark Napier Memorials and letters illustrative of life and times of John Graham of Claverhouse, viscount Dundee 1859 Charles Sandford Terry John Graham of Claverhouse, viscount of Dundee, 1648 1689 1905 Mowbray Morris John Graham 1887 Alistair and Henrietta Tayler, John Graham of Claverhouse . London Duckworth 1939 . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1627 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1685 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Category 1627 births Category 1685 deaths Category Covenanters Category Monuments and memorials ...   more details




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