Owen Brown (college Founder)

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:

    Bees
    Shaking the heavy dews from bloom and frond.
    Boys
    Bursting the surface of the ebony pond.
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)

    I am as content to die for God’s eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way.
    —John Brown (1800–1859)