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Person: BROWN, Reverend B.W.  (c.1842- after 1911)

Biographical summary of this person
Full name
Reverend Benjamin William BROWN
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
Baptist minister and occasional lantern lecturer
Main period of activity
1900s
Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
1901
~58
lecturer
[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, Platt Bridge, Lancashire, England, 1901 - 1902)
31 March 1901
~59
census record
1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/3723.62.16
– occupation “Evangelist”
2 April 1911
~69
census record
1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/3490
– occupation “Home Missionary”
in or after 1911
~68+
died at
unknown location
Notes

Many thanks to Paul Frecker and The Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography for help with identifying this person; a short biography and portrait of Reverend Brown appear at http://www.19thcenturyphotos.com/Mr-and-Mrs-Brown-and-family-126634.htm.

Lucerna ID  6000147

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 3 May 2021

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