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John Brown <ref name="term_69500" />
<p> a [[Protestant]] Episcopal clergyman, was born in New York city, May 19, 1791. He graduated from [[Columbia]] College in 1811, was ordained deacon in 1812, and was rector of St. George's Church Newburgh, from 1815 until his death, August 15, 1884. </p>
<p> Great-grandson of the preceding, born at Biggar, educated in [[Edinburgh]] High School and at Edinburgh University, was a pupil of James Syme, the eminent surgeon, and commenced quiet practice in Edinburgh; author of "Horæ Subsecivæ," "Rab and his Friends," "Pet Marjorie," "John Leech," and other works; was a fine and finely-cultured man, much beloved by all who knew him, and by none more than by John Ruskin, who says of him, he was "the best and truest friend of all my life.... Nothing can tell the loss to me in his death, nor the grief to how many greater souls than mine that had been possessed in patience through his love" (1810-1882). </p>


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<ref name="term_27727"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/brown,+john,+d.d.+(3) John Brown from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_69500"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/brown,+john,+m.d. John Brown from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 17:58, 15 October 2021

John Brown [1]

Great-grandson of the preceding, born at Biggar, educated in Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, was a pupil of James Syme, the eminent surgeon, and commenced quiet practice in Edinburgh; author of "Horæ Subsecivæ," "Rab and his Friends," "Pet Marjorie," "John Leech," and other works; was a fine and finely-cultured man, much beloved by all who knew him, and by none more than by John Ruskin, who says of him, he was "the best and truest friend of all my life.... Nothing can tell the loss to me in his death, nor the grief to how many greater souls than mine that had been possessed in patience through his love" (1810-1882).

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