Anne S. K. Brown

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Anne S. K. Brown
Born
Anne Seddon Kinsolving

(1906-03-25)March 25, 1906
Brooklyn, New York
DiedNovember 21, 1985(1985-11-21) (aged 79)
Newport, Rhode Island
Education Bryn Mawr School
OccupationHistorian and collector of military memorabilia.
Known for Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1930;died 1979)​
Children3, including J. Carter
Parent(s)Arthur B. Kinsolving
Sally Bruce Kinsolving
Relatives Lee Kinsolving (nephew)

Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown (1906-1985) was an American historian, socialite, and collector of military memorabilia who married into the prominent Rhode Island Brown family, founders of Brown University.

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Early life

Anne was born on March 25, 1906, in Brooklyn [note 1] to Rev. Arthur B. and Sally Bruce Kinsolving. When she was six months old her family moved to Baltimore where her father took the position of rector at Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church. (Eventually Rev. Kinsolving became Bishop of Baltimore). She was the sister of the Rev. Dr. Arthur Lee Kinsolving, rector of Trinity Church, and later, St. James' Episcopal Church in New York. Rev. Kinsolving was the father of Lee Kinsolving (1938–1974), the actor. [1]

She attended Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, graduating in 1924. For the next several years she worked as a journalist for the Baltimore News, writing on a variety of topics including music, theater and art.

Career

Anne Brown began collecting lead toy soldiers during the couple's year-long honeymoon trip to Europe in 1930. Eventually her interest expanded dramatically to a large collection of military memorabilia, which on her death became the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection. Beyond collecting artefacts, she was a general historian, co-founding the Company of Military Historians in 1949. She was one of the few women military historians. [2] She also wrote many books and articles. [3]

In 1962, she was given an L.H.D degree from Brown University. [2] In 1965 she lectured on military history at the University of California. [4]

Personal life

In 1930, she met and married John Nicholas Brown II, a Brown family heir who eventually became Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR) from 1946 to 1949. Together, Anne and John had three children:

Anne Brown died at her home "Harbour Court" in Newport, RI, on November 21, 1985. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources say she was born in Baltimore, where her family moved when she was an infant.

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  2. 1 2 Scanlon, Jennifer; Cosner, Shaaron (1996). American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 31. OCLC   185705564.
  3. ↑ "Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown: Biographical Outline". Brown University Library. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Smith, J. Y. (November 22, 1985). "Anne Kinsolving Brown, 79, Military History Expert, Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ Gunts, Edward (June 25, 1995). "Amateur Who Made Splash At Aquarium". The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Guide to the John Nicholas Brown family photographs 1860-1980 (bulk 1920-1979)" (PDF). library.brown.edu. John Hay Library | University Archives and Manuscripts. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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