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Brown was born on 8 December 1826 at Crathienaird, Crathie and Braemar Aberdeenshire, to Margaret Leys and John Brown, [2] [3] and went to work as an outdoor servant (in Scots ghillie or gillie) at Balmoral Castle, which Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leased in February 1848, and purchased outright in November 1851.
John Brown is a biography written by W. E. B. Du Bois about the abolitionist John Brown.Published in 1909, it tells the story of John Brown, from his Christian rural upbringing, to his failed business ventures and finally his "blood feud" with the institution of slavery as a whole.
John Brown (born April 3, 1990), nicknamed "Smokey" or "Smoke," [1] is an American professional football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football for the Pittsburg State Gorillas and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round of the 2014 NFL draft .
Brown was born on December 28, 1933, in Lexington, Kentucky. [1] He was the only son of five children born to John Y. and Dorothy Inman Brown. [2] His father was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky and a member of the Kentucky General Assembly for nearly three decades, including a term as Speaker of the House.
John Brown III (born January 28, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, the KLS and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the High Point Panthers and was a two-time winner of the Big South Player of the Year in 2014 and 2016. Since graduating college, he has played in France, Italy ...
John Brown (January 27, 1736 – September 20, 1803) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader from Providence, Rhode Island.Together with his brothers Nicholas, Joseph and Moses, Brown was instrumental in founding Brown University (then known as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) and moving it to their family's former estate in Providence.
John Brown. John Brown (c. 1810 – 1876), also known by his slave name, "Fed," was born into slavery on a plantation in Southampton County, Virginia.He is known for his memoir published in London, England in 1855, Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England.
John Brown (1830–1922) was a British theologian, historian, and pastor. ... Personal life. Brown married Ada Haydon Ford (1837–1929) in 1859. [1]