John Allen Brown
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| Born | 1831 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1903 | ||||||||||
| Residence |
Scaleby Lodge, 241 Camden Road, W. [1865] The Laurels, The Haven, Ealing [1866] Surrey Lodge, Somerset Road, Ealing [1872] Dahlwell Lodge, Kent Gardens, Ealing [1875] 7 Kent Gardens, Ealing [1889] | ||||||||||
| Occupation | goldsmith | ||||||||||
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Office Notes
House Notes
must be relative of James Roberts Brown - see address
28 May 1889 proposed
death noted in report of the council for 1903: Mr. JOHN ALLEN BROWN,' son of Mr. John Brown, arctic chronicler and one of the founders of the Ethnological Society, is best known as the author of Paleolithic Man in North-West Middlesex, a book which is based mainly upon his observations of the implement-bearing gravels and brick earths of Ealing. In him the Institute loses one of its most frequent and valued contributors on the subject of flint implements, of which he possessed a large collection.
Notes From Elsewhere
Father was John Brown (1797-1861). Started life as sailor but became gold and diamond merchant in London. Founding member of Ethnological Society of London (1843). Published widely on Palaeolithic period.
His obituary mentions his following ‘General Pitt Rivers’. He coined the term ‘eolith’ according to one source. Chairman of Ealing Free Library. Magistrate
Publications
External Publications
House Publications
Stone implements from Pitcairn Is. 1900
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PRM field collector
