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John Brown

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Buncle, Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: October 17, 1788 (52-53)
Golden Square, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom (apoplexy)
Immediate Family:

Son of Archibald Brown
Husband of Euphemia Lamond and Janet Mackenzie
Father of Euphemia Brown; Elizabeth Cullen Brown; William Cullen Brown; John Brown; Ford Brown and 3 others

Occupation: physician, author
Managed by: Alisdair James Smyth
Last Updated:

About John Brown

John Brown (1735 – 17 October 1788) was a Scottish physician and the creator of the Brunonian system of medicine.

In 1795 a critical edition of Brown's Elements of Medicine was published by the well-known physician Thomas Beddoes for the benefit of Brown's widow and children. An edition of Brown's works, with a biography by his son, William Cullen Brown, appeared in 1804.

Brown was the grandfather of the artist Ford Madox Brown and the great-great grandfather of the novelist Ford Madox Ford.


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John Brown's Timeline

1735
1735
Buncle, Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1768
September 18, 1768
Dundee, Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom
1771
1771
Scotland, United Kingdom
1772
1772
Scotland, United Kingdom
1777
1777
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1778
1778
1780
1780
Scotland, United Kingdom
1782
1782
Scotland, United Kingdom