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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.
28 de ago. de 2020 · 27 men from Northeast Ohio arrested in undercover online child predator operation. Twenty-seven men from Northeast Ohio have been arrested after they allegedly expressed interest in engaging in...
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 ...
In 1804 the board of the College of Rhode Island passed a resolution stating that if anyone donated $5,000 to the college within a year, he could choose the name. Nicholas Brown Jr., already the college treasurer as his father had been before him, gave the money.
14 de dic. de 2021 · Brown and Ives was founded by Nicholas Brown, Jr. and Thomas Poynton Ives. Ives was born in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1769. Ives was sent to Boston to live with relatives after his father died.
