Owen Brown (college Founder)
Owen Brown (February 16, 1771– May 8, 1856) was a founder and trustee of two Ohio colleges Oberlin College and Western Reserve College. He served as trustee of Oberlin College, from 1835 to 1844. He was also the founder of the abolitionist Oberlin Church (“Free Church”). In 1833 he helped to found the Western Reserve Anti-Slavery Society. He lived in Hudson, Ohio and is very well known there. He has a street, Owen Brown St., named after him. He was the father of John Brown. He died on May 8, 1856.
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| Name | Brown, Owen |
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| Date of birth | 1771 |
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| Date of death | 1856 |
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Famous quotes containing the words owen and/or brown:
“These men are worth
Your tears: You are not worth their merriment.”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)
“They dragged you from homeland,
They chained you in coffles,
They huddled you spoon-fashion in filthy hatches,
They sold you to give a few gentlemen ease.”
—Sterling Allen Brown (b. 1901)