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Papers of William Henry Brown
| Title |
Papers of William Henry Brown |
| Reference |
GBR/0275/Brown |
| Creator |
William Henry Brown (1863-1945) |
| Covering Dates |
1880–1946 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box |
| Repository |
St John's College Library |
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| Content and context |
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Brown was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge, in 1886, and graduated BA, in mathematics, in 1889. In the same year he was appointed sub-inspector of schools to the Education Department of the Privy Council. In 1903 he was appointed secretary for elementary education, West Riding. He retired in 1927 but continued to work in education as a school governor and as vice-chairman of the L.C.C. Advisory Committee on Education. He also served as honorary treasurer of the National Library for the Blind.
Photographs, notebook and letters.
Donated by Miss M. P. Brown (WHB's granddaughter), March 2005.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as St John's College Library, Papers of William Henry Brown |
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Photographs of William Henry Brown, family and friends.
Creator: Various.
10 photographs. |
1880–1895 |
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Notebook (an album amicorum) containing passages written out by William Henry Brown's friends. The passages are signed by Ernest W. Smith, Walter H. Verity, W.N.S. Christie, William George Woodhouse (March 1888), Augustus Kahn (Sep. 1888), Horton Spragg (Oct. 1888), W.J. Dobbs (11/2/89), S.T. House (Feb. 1889), P.J. Richards, S.W. Finn, Bertram W. Pearce, A.W. Dennis, Robert E. Baker, H. Brown (May 1889), and Harold E. Mason. Occasional mention is made of 'The Critics' (perhaps a St John's College society).
Creator: Various.
34 folios; paper. |
1888–1889 |
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Letters.
Creator: Various.
10 letters; paper. |
4 Nov. 1945–22 July 1946 |
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