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taken advantage of the opportunity of securing higher education at a nominal cost.

Brown, Henry B., painter, artist, 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.

Among

his hest

paintings are

East Highlands; On the Androscoggin; and On the Coast of Maine. He died in 1860 in Portland, Maine. Brown, Henry Billings, lawyer, jurist, was born March 3, 1836, in South Lee, Mass. In 1861 he was appointed deputy marshal of the United States; and he subsequently became assistant United States attorney for the eastern district of Michigan. In 1868 he was appointed judge of the state circuit court of

Wayne-county. During. 1875 he was appointed district judge for the eastern district of Michigan; and in 18911906 was associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, when he resigned on his seventieth birthday. He is the author of Admiralty Reports for Western Lake and River Districts. Brown, Henry Corbes, pioneer, contractor, financier, was born Nov. 18, 1830, 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; and 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. In 1875 he gave ten acres for a site for the capitol of Colorado. He died Nov. 1, 1902, in Denver, Col. Brown, Henry Kirke, sculptor, artist, was born Feb. 24, 1814, in Leyden, ilass. He attained distinction as one of the foremost •

sculptors in America. Plis principal work is Lincoln, in Prospect Park of Brooklyn, N.Y. He died July 10, 1886, in Newburg, X.Y. Brown, Henry Kirke Bush, sculptor, artist, was born April 21, 1857, in Ogdensburgh, N. Y. He was given high honors at the world's fair for his equestrian group of Indian Buffalo

Hunt;

his equestrian statue of General

Meade, erected by the state of Pennsylvania on the battlefield of Gettysburg, has received high praise; has also executed an equestrian statue of General John P. Reynolds, erected at Gettysburgh, Pa.; and a statue of Commodore Hull on the naval arch in New York City.

Brown, Henry Martin, merchant, manufacwas born April 38, 1850, in Bolton,

turer,

Conn. In 1890 he was a

member of the Providence city council; and in 1899, 1901 and 1902 served in the Rhode Island general assembly. In 1899 he became general manager of the United States bobbin and shuttle company of Providence, R.I.

Brown, Henry William, educator, scientist, was born March 30, 1861, in Camden, Maine. He was educated in the university of Maine;

and at Yale university. Since 1888 he has the chair of psychology, ethics and sci-

filled

ence in the New Hampton literary institution of New Hampshire. He is a constant contributor to current literature on scientific subjects.

Brown, Hiram Chellis, author, was born June 39, 1844, in Andover, N.H. He is the author of The Historical Bases of Religions, Primitive, Babylonian and Jewish. Brown, Hiram Loomis, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1861 he joined Captain Erie regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; and in 1864 was brevetted brigadier-general of volHe died Nov. 35, 1880. Brown, Howard Nicholson, clergyman, author, was born May 11, 1849, in Columbia, N. Y. In 1873 he became a minister of the unitarian church; in 1873-95 filled a pastorate in Brookline, Mass.; and since 1895 has been pastor of King's chapel at Boston, Mass. He is the author of Sunday Stories; Life of Jesus for Young People and Sermons in King's unteers.



Chapel.

Brown, Isaac Van Arsdale, clergyman, auwas born Nov. 4, 1784, in Somerset co-

thor,

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 was the author of Life of Robert Pinley; 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 died April 19, 1861, in Trenton, N.J. Brown, J. Appleton, painter, artist, was born July 13, 1844, in Newburyport, Mass. He became an associate of the national academy of design. Among his works are mity, N.J.

A

View, Dives Calvados, France; Old Road Ne-

On the Merrimac at Newburyport; Autumn; Storm at the Isle of Shoals; and Springtime. He died in 1903 in New York

ar Paris;

City.

Brown, J. Eldred, educator, clergyman, auwas born Jan. 4, 1861, in Newport, R.I. In 1879 he graduated from Rogers high schoal of Newport, R.I.; in 1883 graduated from Trinity college and in 1886 graduated from thor,



the Berkeley divinity school. In 1886-87 he yas principal of Jarvis hall at Denver, Col.; and in 1887-96 was rector of the church of reconciliation at Webster, Mass. In 18961907 he was rector of Trinity at Norwich, Conn. and smce 1907 has been archdeacon of New London and rector of Trinity church of Norwich, Conn. Pie is the author of A HalfCentury of Parish Life, a historical sermon