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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.
Nicholas Brown, un traficante de esclavos, su hijo Nicholas Brown jr.. (clase de 1786), John Brown, Joseph Brown, y Moses Brown fueron fundamentales en el traslado de la universidad a la Providencia y el establecimiento de su dotación.
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.
Nicholas Brown, Jr. was born in Providence on April 7, 1769, to Nicholas Brown and Rhoda (Jenckes) Brown. After graduating in 1786 from the school that would eventually bear his name, Brown entered the family mercantile business and worked under his father.
Nicholas Brown, Jr. pushed the project along in 1839 after writing a letter in which he presented two lots of land – one on Waterman Street for the president’s house (for which he pledged seven thousand dollars) and another on George Street known as the Hopkins estate for “another College edifice” (for which he pledged three thousand ...
It was determined therefore that, since a chair in oratory had recently been endowed in the amount of $5,000 by alumnus Nicholas Brown, Jr., the College of Rhode Island was henceforth to be known as “Brown University in Providence in the State of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations.”.
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.
