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John Brown (1715-1766)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography John Brown. (1715-1766) (aka. Estimate* Brown)* Author, playwright and theologian. Son of John Brown, Vicar of Wigton, Cumberland. MA from St. John's College, Cambridge (1739). D.D. (1755). Sometime chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle. Vicar of Morland, Westmoreland (1743-1756). Vicar of Lazonby, Cumberland (1752-1763). Vicar of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-on-Tyne (1760-1766). John Brown wrote two plays in which David Garrick performed, as well as the book A Dissertation on the Rise, Union, and Power, the Progressions, Separations, and Corruptions of Poetry and Music, to which is prefixed the Cure of Saul, a Sacred Ode (1763), which was the first "complete" picture of music history printed in England, and which was even translated into both german and italian.¹ His most popular work was An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times (1757-8), which was "an attack on luxury and effeminacy",² and which occasionned his subsequent nickname Estimate Brown. He accompanied Thomas and Algernon Percy on their tour of Scotland in 1765.³ He committed suicide by cutting his throat on September 23, 1766.⁴ Life with James Boswell: Boswell met him at David Garrick's house on January 21, 1763. External links: John Brown - at LoveToKnow Notes: Note 1: Allen, Warren D. (1962). Philosophies of Music History: A Study of General Histories of Music, 1600-1960. Dover Publications. p. 82-83. (Read it now!) Note 2: Donoghue, Frank. (1996). The Fame Machine: Book Reviewing and Eighteenth-Century Literary Careers. Stanford University. pp. 26, 41, 88 & 210. (Read it now!) Note 3: Groom. Nick. (1999). The Making of Percy's Reliques. Oxford University. p. 93-94. (Read it now!) Note 4: Donoghue, Frank. (1996). The Fame Machine: Book Reviewing and Eighteenth-Century Literary Careers. Stanford University. p. 26. (Read it now!) This article was last updated at February 16 2008 21:17:28 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to John Brown: Garrick, David
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John Brown (1715-1766)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

John Brown. (1715-1766) (aka. Estimate Brown)

Author, playwright and theologian. Son of John Brown, Vicar of Wigton, Cumberland. MA from St. John's College, Cambridge (1739). D.D. (1755). Sometime chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle. Vicar of Morland, Westmoreland (1743-1756). Vicar of Lazonby, Cumberland (1752-1763). Vicar of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-on-Tyne (1760-1766).

John Brown wrote two plays in which David Garrick performed, as well as the book A Dissertation on the Rise, Union, and Power, the Progressions, Separations, and Corruptions of Poetry and Music, to which is prefixed the Cure of Saul, a Sacred Ode (1763), which was the first "complete" picture of music history printed in England, and which was even translated into both german and italian.¹ His most popular work was An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times (1757-8), which was "an attack on luxury and effeminacy",² and which occasionned his subsequent nickname Estimate Brown. He accompanied Thomas and Algernon Percy on their tour of Scotland in 1765.³

He committed suicide by cutting his throat on September 23, 1766.⁴

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell met him at David Garrick's house on January 21, 1763.

External links:

John Brown - at LoveToKnow

Notes:

Note 1: Allen, Warren D. (1962). Philosophies of Music History: A Study of General Histories of Music, 1600-1960. Dover Publications. p. 82-83. (Read it now!)

Note 2: Donoghue, Frank. (1996). The Fame Machine: Book Reviewing and Eighteenth-Century Literary Careers. Stanford University. pp. 26, 41, 88 & 210. (Read it now!)

Note 3: Groom. Nick. (1999). The Making of Percy's Reliques. Oxford University. p. 93-94. (Read it now!)

Note 4: Donoghue, Frank. (1996). The Fame Machine: Book Reviewing and Eighteenth-Century Literary Careers. Stanford University. p. 26. (Read it now!)

This article was last updated at February 16 2008 21:17:28 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to John Brown:

Garrick, David

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