Brown, William ♂
Education
Professor of Ecclesiastical History, St Andrews University 28.2.1757 - 10.1.1791 (died). D.D. 12.11.1783.
Birth/childhood
Born 27.12.1719 son of Laurence Brown, minister at Lintrathen and Elizabeth Lyon.
Career
Educated at St Andrews University.
Private Secretary to Sir Everard Falkener c. 1747 - 1748.
Minister at Cortachy 1746 - 1748 (demitted). Chaplain to a regiment in Flanders and then Minister at the English Church in Utrecht before becoming professor.
Professor of Ecclesiastical History, St Andrews University 28.2.1757 - 10.1.1791 (died). [University professor]
Death
[Died 10.1.1791.]
Sources
- Births Reg. Lintrathen
- Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae
- AUL 2400 Box V