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BROWN, an American educator, born in Memphis, Tenn., in 1856. He was educated at private schools, studied engineering at the Washington and Lee University and at the Stevens Institute of Technology, and also took post-graduate courses at Johns Hopkins University. He was professor of physics at the College of Technology of Tulane University from 1880 to 1904, and was dean of the college from 1894 to 1900.
From 1900 to 1904 he was vice-chairman of the faculty, and from 1901 to 1904 was dean of the academic college. He was acting president of Tulane University in 1904 and in the same year was made president of the University of Tennessee. of Tennessee .
He was a member of several engineering societies and in 1910 was president of the National Association of State Universities.