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Nicholas Brown Jr. (April 4, 1769 – September 27, 1841) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Providence, Rhode Island, and the namesake of Brown University.
5 de jul. de 2020 · Forty years after its founding, the college was renamed Brown University to honor Nicholas Brown Jr., an ardent opponent of the slave trade. Yes, he was a successful merchant in an economy...
Nicholas Brown Sr. (July 26, 1729 – May 29, 1791) was an American slave trader and merchant who was a co-signer of the founding charter of the College of Rhode Island in 1763. In 1771, Nicholas Brown Sr. was instrumental in convincing Baptist authorities to locate a permanent home for the college in his hometown of Providence.
Among the vice presidents of the Anti-Abolition Society was Nicholas Brown Jr., the University’s namesake and a member, forty years before, of the Providence Abolition Society. Most colleges took a more conservative approach.
Nicholas Brown Jr., already the college treasurer as his father had been before him, gave the money. This sum may not sound like much to have a great institution of learning named for you, but at that time, tuition was only $12 a year.
Nicholas Brown Jr., 1786 20 Horace Mann, 1819 27 Samuel G. Howe, 1821 28 Undergraduate Literary Life 35 John Hay, 1858 38 Inman Page, 1877 42 Theatrics at Brown 45 Charles Evans Hughes, 1881 53 Mary Emma Woolley, 1894 54 John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1897 58 Women’s Athletics 64
Nicholas Brown (1769-1841) gave his name to Brown University. He graduated from the College of Rhode Island in 1786, and was a businessman and philanthropist based in Providence, Rhode Island.
