Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Browne, George, D.D. archbishop of Dublin, I the first prelate who embraced the Reformation in Ireland. He was originally a friar of the order of St. Augustine, took the degree of D.D. in 1534, and in 1535 was made archbishop of Dublin. When Henry the Eighth ordered the monasteries to be destroyed, Archbishop Browne immediately … Continue reading “Browne, George, D.D. (2)”

Browne, George an English Congregational minister, was born at Clapham, February 14, 1790. He received a religious training, joined the Church at Hitchen in 1807, and in 1810 entered Rotherham College. During his college course he preached occasionally for the Congregational pastor at Hull, and at its close became his assistant. In 1818 he was … Continue reading “Browne, George”

Browne, Gardiner Shepard, M.D a Congregational minister, was born at Alstead, N.H., September 12, 1810. He prepared for college at the Kimball Union Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1834. During the two following years he was a teacher at Nashua, and then attended theological lectures at New Haven, Conn. From 1838 to 1844 … Continue reading “Browne, Gardiner Shepard, M.D”

Browne, Charles Farrar Humorist, best known under the pseudonym of Artemus Ward (1834 -1867 ). His literary apprenticeship was served as compositor and reporter on various newspapers, and in 1858 his burlesque descriptions of prize-fights, political meetings, etc., in the “Cleveland Plaindealer,” won national attention. Shortly afterwards he went to New York and subsequently became … Continue reading “Browne, Charles Farrar”

Browne, Arthur the only Episcopalian minister in New Hampshire till after the Revolution, was born in Drogheda, Irelald, in 1699, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and emigrated as missionary to America in 1729, becoming rector of King’s Chapel in Providence, R. I., in the following year. In 1736 he removed to Portsmouth, N. H., where … Continue reading “Browne, Arthur (2)”

Browne (Or Brown), Thomas, D.D a learned divine of the Anglican Church, was born in Middlesex in 1604. In 1620 he became a student at Christ Church, Oxford, and chaplain, in 1637, to archbishop Laud. Two years after he was made a canon of Windsor, and, eventually, rector of Oddington. He suffered much during the … Continue reading “Browne (Or Brown), Thomas, D.D”

Brown, Zina H a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Jericho, Vermont, December 27, 1804. He was converted at the age of nineteen; licensed to exhort in 1840, to preach in 1843, and in 1846 entered the Troy Conference. In 1862 he accepted a superannuated relation, but continued to preach as health permitted to the … Continue reading “Brown, Zina H”

Brown, William Shrieve an English Baptist minister, was born at Swaffham, Norfolk, September 5, 1802. He gave his heart to God and was baptized July 21, 1822, and removed to Bury St. Edmunds in the autumn of 1825. He began to preach in 1833, and labored about two years at Bardwell, in Suffolk. He was … Continue reading “Brown, William Shrieve”

Brown, William R a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Amsterdam, N.Y., March 7. 1828. He was converted in his fifteenth year; was licensed to exhort in 1848, to preach in 1849, and in 1850 entered the Troy Conference. His educational advantages had been very limited, but by persistent effort he acquired considerable literary distinction, … Continue reading “Brown, William R”

Brown, William Martin a Baptist minister, was born in Halifax County, Virginia, August 18, 1794. He removed to Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1813, and in 1821 united with Bacon Creek Church, Hart County, becoming its pastor in 1826. He continued to hold this relation for thirty-two years. He also, for a part of this time, … Continue reading “Brown, William Martin”