| 词条 | John Nicholas Brown I |
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| name = John Nicholas Brown | image = John Nicholas Brown I.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|12|17}} | birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island | death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|5|1|1861|12|17}} | death_place = | death_cause = | education = | employer = Brown & Ives | alma_mater = Brown University | spouse = {{marriage|Natalie Bayard Dresser |1897|1900|reason=his death}} | children = John Nicholas Brown II | parents = John Carter Brown I Sophia Augusta Browne | relatives = Nicholas Brown Jr. (grandfather) John Carter Brown III (grandson) | signature = | awards = }}John Nicholas Brown I (December 17, 1861 – May 1, 1900) was a book collector who donated his father's collection to Brown University.[1] Early lifeJohn Nicholas Brown was born on December 17, 1861 to John Carter Brown II (1797–1874) and Sophia Augusta Brown (1825–1909).[2][3] His father was a collector of American books in the mid-19th century and was the first American to join the Hakluyt Society as a charter member in 1846, and in 1855, he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[4] His brother was Harold Brown (1863–1900) and his sister was Sophia Augusta Brown (1867–1947), who married William Watts Sherman (1842–1912).[5] In 1881, Brown entered Brown University, however, he left school two years, citing poor health and a weak constitution. He continued his studies of his own accord, traveling extensively and studying history, architecture, languages and the classics. In 1895, the faculty of Brown University voted to confer a degree upon him as a member of the class of 1885.[6] FamilyHis paternal grandfather was Nicholas Brown Jr. (1769–1841), the namesake patron of Brown University (in 1804). His great-grandfather was Nicholas Brown Sr. (1729–1791), brother of John Brown, Moses Brown, and Joseph Brown, who was a merchant and slave trader who co-founded the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.[7] CareerAfter receiving his degree from Brown University, Brown began to work for the family business, Brown & Ives, with the assistance of his cousin William Goddard.[6] He also served as President of the Lonsdale Company, and in 1888, Brown and his brother, Harold, formed a partnership, "J.N. & H. Brown." The brother's business was similar to the activities of the family business where they lent funds for mortgages and invested in buildings and lands out west. In their business dealings, John and Harold relied upon George W. R. Matteson, the trustee of their father's estate for advice and assistance.[6] Personal lifeOn September 8, 1897, he married Natalie Bayard Dresser (1869–1950) at Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Natalie was the daughter of Brevet Major George Warren Dresser (1837–1883), a West Point graduate and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War,[8] and Susan Fish Le Roy (1834–1883). Natalie was the great-niece of Hamilton Fish (1808–1893), a U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and New York Governor. Through the Fish family, she was a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the first governor of Dutch colonial New York through Hamilton Fish's mother, Elizabeth Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant's 2x great-granddaughter.[9] Her siblings included D. LeRoy Dresser (1862–1915), and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958), the wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II (builder of the Biltmore Estate) and later Sen. Peter Goelet Gerry.[10] Together, they had their only son:
Brown died on May 1, 1900, when his son was only three months old. His brother Harold Brown died a few days later after returning to the United States from Europe after hearing of his brother's death.[14][15] He was referred to as the richest child in the world at the time.[16] In 1901, his widow donated the funds to build Emmanual Episcopal Church in Newport, RI in his memory. She died at her home, Harbor Court, in 1950.[17] Organizations and philanthropyBrown was a member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati and the New York Society of Colonial Wars. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1888.[4] On February 1, 1890 Brown became a charter member of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was elected as the Society's second president and served May 29, 1890 until May 29, 1891. Ironically, according to the Rhode Island Society's manual published in 1900, Brown "never qualified as a member of the Society, nor officiated as president." (pg. 27.) This was because he never completed a formal membership application to join the Society despite having ancestors who supported the cause of American independence. Brown was the donor of the Providence Public Library building in Providence, RI. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/pages/fr_history.html |title=History of the John Carter Brown library |accessdate=2011-04-21 |quote=Although the Brown family had been acquiring books since early in the eighteenth century, the present collection was not fully launched until the mid-nineteenth century when John Carter Brown (1797–1874) began avid pursuit of Americana, an area of interest he termed “the Great Subject.” His son, John Nicholas Brown (1861–1900), actively continued this tradition and before his untimely death had conceived the idea of giving the Library to the world of historical research as a memorial to his father. |publisher= }} 2. ^{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Mrs. John Carter Brown.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1909/03/01/archives/mrs-john-carter-brown.html|accessdate=9 February 2017|work=The New York Times|date=1 March 1909}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=$30,000,000 TO MRS. SHERMAN; Reported Bulk of Mrs. John Carter Brown's Estate Goes to Daughter.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/03/04/101868581.html?pageNumber=1|accessdate=9 February 2017|work=The New York Times|date=March 4, 1909|language=en}} 4. ^1 American Antiquarian Society Members Directory 5. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Wm. Watts Sherman Dead. Prominent in New York Society and Father of Lady Camoys |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/01/23/archives/wm-watts-sherman-dead-prominent-in-new-york-society-and-father-of.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 23, 1912 |accessdate=2011-03-14 }} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Brown, John Nicholas|url=http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6065czw|website=socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu|accessdate=9 February 2017|language=en}} 7. ^{{cite book|last1=Miyoshi|first1=Masao|title=Trespasses: Selected Writings|date=January 1, 2009|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0822392488|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8wRLsrc-1EC&pg=PA32|accessdate=9 February 2017|language=en}} 8. ^New York Times. August 29, 1897. 9. ^Corning (1918), pp. 12-15. 10. ^{{cite news |author= |title= Edith Vanderbilt Wed to P.G. Gerry. Marriage by London Registrar Is Followed by Service at the Savoy Chapel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/10/23/archives/edith-nahderbilt-wed-to-p-g-gerry-i-marriage-by-london-registrar-is.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=October 23, 1925 }} 11. ^{{cite news|title=ANNE SEDDON BROWN|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/23/us/anne-seddon-brown.html|accessdate=9 February 2017|work=The New York Times|date=23 November 1985}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Socialite Anne Brown dies|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/21/Socialite-Anne-Brown-dies/5683501397200/|accessdate=9 February 2017|work=UPI|date=November 21, 1985|language=en}} 13. ^{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Lee Kinsolving, 36, Actor, Son of Ex-St. James' Rector |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/08/archives/lee-kinsolving-36-actor-son-of-exst-james-rector.html |work=New York Times |date=1974-12-08 |accessdate=2014-01-01}} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://proteus.brown.edu/egypt1923/253 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218150051/http://proteus.brown.edu/egypt1923/253 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2007-12-18 |title=John Nicholas Brown II |accessdate=2011-04-22 |quote=John Nicholas Brown II (1900-1979) was born February 21, 1900. Two months later, his father John Nicholas Brown I died of typhoid fever, followed shortly by the unexpected death of his uncle Harold Brown. Thus, as an infant JNB became heir of his family's fortune and was dubbed by the public the "richest baby in America." John Nicholas Brown traveled the world in his youth and would continue to do so throughout his life. ... |publisher=Brown University }} 15. ^{{cite book |author=Romy Wyllie |coauthors= |title=Bertram Goodhue: his life and residential architecture |year= |publisher= |page= |quote=When John Nicholas Brown I and his brother both died in 1900, they left their fortune to John's three-month- old son, who became the richest baby in the world. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gUMsAAAAYAAJ&q=%22John+Nicholas+Brown+I%22&dq=%22John+Nicholas+Brown+I%22&hl=en&ei=uQSxTeKjH4nb0QHpxI1h&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA |isbn=0-393-73219-3 }} 16. ^{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=WILLED HEIRLOOMS TO WEALTHIEST BOY; Mrs. John Carter Brown Left No Money to Master John Nicholas Brown. BIG ESTATE TO DAUGHTER Mrs. William Watts Sherman and Her Daughters the Principal Beneficiaries -- Gifts to Churches.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1909/03/13/archives/willed-heirlooms-to-wealthiest-boy-mrs-john-carter-brown-left-no.html|accessdate=9 February 2017|work=The New York Times|date=13 March 1909}} 17. ^{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=MRS. J.N. BROWN, 80, SUCCUMBS IN HOME; Newport Resident, Noted for Civic Leadership and Help to Needy, Was Political Figure Exhibited Own Paintings|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/29/archives/mrs-jn-brown-80-succumbs-in-home-newport-resident-noted-for-civic.html|accessdate=9 February 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 March 1950}} External links
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