John Carter Brown II was a book collector whose library formed the basis of the John Carter Brown Library

John Carter Brown Library

The John Carter Brown Library is an independently funded research library of history and the humanities located on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island...

 at Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

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Biography

He was born in 1797 to Nicholas Brown, Jr.

Nicholas Brown, Jr.

Nicholas Brown, Jr. , was a Providence, Rhode Island businessman and philanthropist who was the namesake of Brown University.-Biography:...

, the namesake patron of Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

. Collecting American books in the mid-19th century, John Carter Brown amassed thousands of early American volumes. He was the first American to join the Hakluyt Society as a charter member in 1846. He fathered a son at age 64, John Nicholas Brown I

John Nicholas Brown I

John Nicholas Brown I was a book collector who donated his father's collection to Brown University.-Biography:He was born in 1861 to John Carter Brown II. He had a son, John Nicholas Brown II, who was born in 1900....

(1861–1900) continued his father's collection and in his testament assigned funds for the library building. John Carter Brown died in 1874.

External links

• History of the John Carter Brown library, retrieved March 15th 2008