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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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John Brown
1810-09-22 – 1882-05-11
Life & Legacy
John Brown (22 September 1810 – 11 May 1882) was a Scottish physician and essayist known for his three-volume Horae Subsecivae (Leisure Hours, 1858), containing essays and papers on art, medical history and biography. Best remembered are his dog story "Rab and his Friends" (1859) and his essays "Pet Marjorie" (1863), on Marjorie Fleming, the ten-year-old prodigy and alleged "pet" of Walter Scott, "Our Dogs", "Minchmoor", and "The Enterkine". Brown was half-brother to the organic chemist Alexander Crum Brown.
Occupation & Career
physician, writer, essayist
Education
University of Edinburgh; Royal High School
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Rab and his Friends
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Organizations & Memberships
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Notable Work
Rab and his Friends
Education & Institutions
Royal High School · University of Edinburgh
Verified Legacy Record
Notable Work
Rab and his Friends
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2945624 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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