He studied at Hanover, at Phillips Academy, Andover and at Dartmouth College where he graduated AB. In 1870 with honor, receiving the degree of AM three years later. He taught in the Ayers Latin School, Pittsburgh PA (1870-72), and as tutor in Greek at Dartmouth (1872-74). He then studied in Union Theological Seminary, NY, graduating in 1877. The years 1877-79 he spent at the University of Berlin, Germany as the first fellow of Union Theological Seminary. He was instructor in Biblical philosophy in Union Theological seminary (1879-81) and associate professor of the same in 1881-90. In 1890 he became Davenport professor of Hebrew and the cognate languages in the same institution, succeeding Dr Briggs and this position he held until 1908 when he was elected president of the institution to succeed the late Dr Charles Cuthbert Hall. Dr Brown was the director of the American School for Oriental Study and Research in Palestine, which had headquarters in Jerusalem during 1907-08. In 1908 he became the President of the Faculty of Union Theological Seminary.
He was ordained to the ministry by the Presbytery of NY (1882); received the degree of Ph.D. from Hamilton College in 1884; D.D. from Dartmouth College (1884), from Yale University (1894), from the University of Glasgow (1901) and from Williams College (1908); D.Litt. from the University of Oxford (1901) and LL.D. from Dartmouth (1901).
Children:
- Julius Arthur Brown (1880-) m Helen Elizabeth Conner
- Natalie de Froideville Brown (1883-1980) m James McClure Henry
- Elizabeth Gilman Brown (1885-) m Otis Tiffany Barnes
Source:
- The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of United States By James Terry White, Raymond D. McGill, H. A. Harvey (1910)
- The Duyckinck and allied families By Whitehead Cornell Duyckinck, John Cornell (1908)
- New York Times, obituary (1916)
He studied at Hanover, at Phillips Academy, Andover and at Dartmouth College where he graduated AB. In 1870 with honor, receiving the degree of AM three years later. He taught in the Ayers Latin School, Pittsburgh PA (1870-72), and as tutor in Greek at Dartmouth (1872-74). He then studied in Union Theological Seminary, NY, graduating in 1877. The years 1877-79 he spent at the University of Berlin, Germany as the first fellow of Union Theological Seminary. He was instructor in Biblical philosophy in Union Theological seminary (1879-81) and associate professor of the same in 1881-90. In 1890 he became Davenport professor of Hebrew and the cognate languages in the same institution, succeeding Dr Briggs and this position he held until 1908 when he was elected president of the institution to succeed the late Dr Charles Cuthbert Hall. Dr Brown was the director of the American School for Oriental Study and Research in Palestine, which had headquarters in Jerusalem during 1907-08. In 1908 he became the President of the Faculty of Union Theological Seminary.
He was ordained to the ministry by the Presbytery of NY (1882); received the degree of Ph.D. from Hamilton College in 1884; D.D. from Dartmouth College (1884), from Yale University (1894), from the University of Glasgow (1901) and from Williams College (1908); D.Litt. from the University of Oxford (1901) and LL.D. from Dartmouth (1901).
Children:
- Julius Arthur Brown (1880-) m Helen Elizabeth Conner
- Natalie de Froideville Brown (1883-1980) m James McClure Henry
- Elizabeth Gilman Brown (1885-) m Otis Tiffany Barnes
Source:
- The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of United States By James Terry White, Raymond D. McGill, H. A. Harvey (1910)
- The Duyckinck and allied families By Whitehead Cornell Duyckinck, John Cornell (1908)
- New York Times, obituary (1916)
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