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| 1. | Charles Brock⋅den [brok-duh n] , 1771–1810, U.S. novelist. |
| 2. | Clifford (“Brownie”), 1930–56, U.S. jazz trumpeter. |
| 3. | Edmund Gerald, Jr. (Jerry), born 1938, U.S. politician: governor of California 1975–83. |
| 4. | Herbert Charles, 1912–2004, U.S. chemist, born in England: Nobel prize 1979. |
| 5. | James Nathaniel (Jimmy), born 1936, U.S. football player and actor. |
| 6. | John (“Old Brown of Osawatomie”), 1800–59, U.S. abolitionist: leader of the attack at Harpers Ferry, where he was captured, tried for treason, and hanged. |
| 7. | Margaret Wise, 1910–52, U.S. author noted for early-childhood books. |
| 8. | Olympia, 1835–1926, U.S. women's-rights activist and Universalist minister: first American woman ordained by a major church. |
| 9. | Robert, 1773–1858, Scottish botanist. |
| Brown, John 1800-1859. American abolitionist. In 1859 Brown and 21 followers captured the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry as part of an effort to liberate Southern slaves. His group was defeated, and Brown was hanged after a trial in which he won sympathy as an abolitionist martyr. |
An abolitionist of the nineteenth century who sought to free the slaves by military force. After leading several attacks in Kansas, he planned to start an uprising among the slaves. In 1859, he and a small band of followers took over a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, in Virginia. A detachment of marines reclaimed the arsenal and captured Brown, who was tried for treason, convicted, and hanged.
Note: Robert E. Lee, soon to be commanding general of the main Confederate army, led the marines who captured Brown.
Note: In death, Brown became a martyr for abolitionists. “John Brown's Body,” a popular song in the North during the Civil War, had this refrain: “John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave; His soul goes marching on.”
Brown (broun), Michael. Born 1941.
American geneticist. He shared a 1985 Nobel Prize for discoveries related to cholesterol metabolism.