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{{Short description|Scottish professor of rhetoric, historian, and author (1763–1834)}}
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{{Infobox person
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|name = Andrew Brown
|image = Bust of Rev Andrew Brown by Thomas Campbell (1815), Old College, Edinburgh University.jpg
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|years_active = 1786–1834
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'''Andrew Brown'''
==Life==
===Early years===
Brown was born on 22 August 1763 in [[Biggar, South Lanarkshire]], the son of Isabella Forrest and Richard Brown, a weaver
===In North America===
In 1787, Brown
In 1788, during his time in Halifax, he received an honorary doctorate ([[Doctor of Divinity]]), from the University of Edinburgh.<ref>''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott</ref>
He stayed in North America until 1795. During this period he gathered historical information for a future publication on the history of North America. For the rest of his life this research continued but he failed to publish the materials. He attempted to compose the disputes between various factions in the parish and the region. He was particularly interested in the history of the [[Acadians]] both before and during their expulsion from [[Canada]], and wrote sympathetically of them. He was strongly critical of Acting Governor [[Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)|Charles Lawrence]] for his role in the [[Expulsion of the Acadians]].<ref name="DictCaBio" /> Brown came to the conclusion that the Expulsion was largely the work of a Council dominated by [[Boston]] interests, a conclusion which anticipated the later position of [[John Bartlet Brebner]]'s ''New England's Outpost''.<ref name="DictCaBio" /> Brebner may have been influenced by Brown's work.<ref name="DictCaBio" /><ref name="archive">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/collectionsofnov16novauoft#page/n222/mode/1up|website=archive.org|title=Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society – Image of Brown |accessdate=18 March 2018}}</ref>▼
▲He
In 1791 Brown visited [[Philadelphia]] and met [[Benjamin Rush]], who described Brown as "a man of genius learning and observation". Brown’s research appears to have included extended correspondence with the American historian [[Jeremy Belknap]], whom he met during this same visit.<ref name="DictCaBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/brown_andrew_6E.html|title=BROWN, ANDREW|work=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|first=George|last=Shepperson|year=2003|publisher=University of Toronto/Université Laval|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref>▼
▲In 1791 Brown visited [[Philadelphia]] and met [[Benjamin Rush]], who described Brown as "a man of genius learning and observation".
===Return to Scotland===
[[File:Greyfriars Kirk.jpg|thumb|300px|Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh]]
[[File:St. Giles Adam Smith, Edingburgh.jpg|thumb|300px|St. Giles Cathedral, Edingburgh]]
In 1792 Brown briefly returned to [[Scotland]] to marry his first wife before returning with her to Nova Scotia. He returned to Scotland permanently in 1795, finding employment as a minister of [[Lochmaben]] Church in [[Dumfriesshire]].<ref name="DictCaBio" /> In 1799 he received a prestigious position at [[Greyfriars Kirk|New Greyfriars]] in [[Edinburgh]]
In the same year (1801) he replaced the recently deceased Professor [[Hugh Blair]] as Professor of Rhetoric and ''Belle Lettres'' at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and served this role until his own death.<ref name=AcadianCajun>{{cite web|author=Tim Hebert |url=http://www.acadian-cajun.com/abrown.htm |title=ACADIAN-CAJUN Genealogy & History: Notes on the Acadian French, by Andrew Brown |publisher=Acadian-cajun.com |date= |accessdate=25 May 2015}}</ref> He was aided in securing this position by a recommendation from [[Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Prince William Henry]].<ref name="DictCaBio" /> Brown had travelled with the Prince on his return to Scotland in 1795.<ref name="DictCaBio" />
Brown was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1803.<ref name=Fellows /> He was elected [[Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]] in 1813 by his fellow ministers. At this time he lived at 13 Argyll Square south of St Giles.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1813</ref>
Brown continued his research after his return to Scotland (covering the period 1790 to 1815) but it was not published during his lifetime.<ref name="NSArchives">{{cite web|url=http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1800-67/Brown.htm |title=Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Dr. Andrew Brown (–1834) |publisher=Blupete.com |date= |accessdate=25 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/deportation/archives.asp?Number=NSHSII&Page=129&Language=French |title=Nova Scotia Archives – Au cœur de l'Acadie |publisher=Novascotia.ca |date=7 October 2005 |accessdate=25 May 2015}}</ref> He wrote several drafts of what he intended to be a comprehensive ''History of North America'', but it was never completed and published.<ref name="DictCaBio" />
From 1822 to 1825 he was assisted at Old Kirk, St Giles by [[James Maitland (minister)|James Maitland]] (who served as Moderator in 1860).<ref>''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott; vol. 2</ref>
In 1833 he is listed as living at Primrose Bank in Edinburgh. This had been the home of his third wife's first husband.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1833</ref>
He died in [[Carrington, Midlothian]]<ref name="DictCaBio" />near [[Edinburgh]] on 19 February 1834, and is buried in [[Greyfriars Kirkyard]]<ref name=Fellows /> in Edinburgh city centre. His position at Old Kirk, St Giles was filled by [[John Lee (university principal)|Rev John Lee]].<ref>''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott</ref>
==Family==
Following his first wife's death he married Mary Grant, daughter of Dr Gregory Grant, in March 1805, the marriage taking place in [[Edinburgh]]. Mary died in 1826.
His final marriage was to Mary Ogilvie (d.1852), widow of Dr Andrew Pearson of Primrose Bank. Their wedding took place on 10 March 1830 in [[Edinburgh]].<ref name="DictCaBio" />
==Publications==
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