19-1586: Thomas Brown may refer to: Arts and literature [ edit ] Thomas Brown (satirist) (1662–1704), English satirist Thomas Brown (philosopher) (1778–1820), Scottish poet and philosopher Thomas Brown , pen name of Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Thomas Brown (architect) (1781–1850), Scottish architect Thomas Brown (prison architect) (1806–1872), Scottish architect Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897), Manx poet, scholar, and divine T. Allston Brown (Thomas Allston Brown, 1836–1918), American theater critic and historian Thomas Wilson Brown (born 1972), American actor Business and industry [ edit ] Thomas Brown (businessman) (1738–1797), American husbandman, businessman, and land speculator Thomas Brown (engineer) (1772–1850), English surveyor, engineer, businessman, and landowner Thomas Forster Brown (1835–1907), English civil and mining engineer Politics and law [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Thomas Brown (settler) (1803–1863), Australian pastoralist and politician Thomas Brown (New South Wales colonial politician) (1811–1889), New South Wales politician Thomas Brown (New South Wales politician) (1861–1934), Australian farmer and politician Thomas Leishman Brown (1862–1946), Australian politician and trade unionist United States [ edit ] Thomas Brown (Florida politician) (1785–1867), American politician, second Governor of Florida Thomas Jefferson Brown (1836–1915), Chief Justice of
38-508: A certain value for the knowledge they display of low life in London." Presently the best description of Brown's legacy may be that of Joseph Addison , who accorded him the appellation "T-m Br-wn of facetious Memory". He was buried in the grounds of Westminster Abbey . Tom Brown (bishop of Wellington) Thomas John Brown (born 16 August 1943) is a retired Anglican bishop in New Zealand. He
57-411: A disciplinarian, and Brown throughout his life displayed a disdain for restrictions. The legend behind Brown's most recognised work is therefore plausible: it states that Brown got into trouble while at Oxford, and was threatened with expulsion, but that Dr Fell offered to spare Brown if he could translate an epigram from Martial (I, 32, 1): According to the story, Brown replied extemporaneously: Fell
76-453: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas Brown (satirist) Thomas Brown (1662 – 18 June 1704) was an English translator and satirist , largely forgotten today save for a four-line gibe that he may have written concerning John Fell . Brown was born at either Shifnal or Newport in Shropshire ; he is identified with
95-481: Is said to have stayed Brown's dismissal from the college in admiration of this translation. However, the story is of apocryphal provenance, and it is known that Brown left Christ Church without a degree, moving to Kingston upon Thames where he stayed three years as a schoolmaster, and later to London, where he took up residence on Aldersgate Street in the Grub Street district. After some years spent as headmaster of
114-638: Is the former Bishop of Wellington . On 29 July 2011, Brown announced, with the support of the Primate, that he would retire in March 2012, effectively completing his duties at the end of February 2012. He retired as Bishop of Wellington during an evening service on 26 February 2012, which had the Anglican Primate of Australia , who is also the Archbishop of Brisbane , in attendance along with Archbishop David Moxon ,
133-694: The Primate of New Zealand . Brown was educated at the University of Otago in New Zealand and ordained in 1972. After curacies at St Matthew's in Christchurch , New Zealand, and St James the Greater, Leicester , England, he returned to New Zealand to become the vicar of Upper Clutha in 1976. After further incumbencies at Roslyn and Lower Hutt he became the Archdeacon of Belmont in 1987. In 1991 he became
152-448: The assistant bishop and the vicar general in the Diocese of Wellington — he was consecrated a bishop on 23 February 1991 — and, seven years later, its diocesan bishop. After his retirement, Brown voluntarily gave up his right to officiate as a priest after he split with his wife and then began a relationship with the chaplain of Samuel Marsden Collegiate School , Kate Carey-Smith, who
171-2037: The Episcopal Diocese of Maine Science and medicine [ edit ] Thomas Brown of Lanfine and Waterhaughs (1774–1853), Scottish surgeon, botanist, and mineralogist Thomas Brown (naturalist) (1785–1862), English naturalist Thomas Graham Brown (1882–1965), Scottish physiologist and mountaineer Thomas Townsend Brown (1905–1985), American scientific researcher and inventor Thomas McPherson Brown (1906–1989), American rheumatologist Sports [ edit ] Cricket [ edit ] Thomas Brown (cricketer, born 1845) (1845–?), English cricketer Thomas Brown (cricketer, born 1848) (1848–1919), English cricketer Thomas Brown (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–1936), English cricketer Thomas Brown (cricketer, born 1863) (1863–1930), English cricketer Other sports [ edit ] Thomas Brown (sport shooter) (1885–1950), American Olympic sport shooter Thomas Brown (footballer) (fl. 1907–1910), English footballer T. J. Brown (baseball) (Thomas Julius Brown, 1915–1973), American Negro league baseball player Thomas P. Brown, Jr. (1921–2011), American tennis player Thomas Brown (defensive end) (born 1957), American football defensive end Thomas Brown (rugby) (born 1983), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player, not to be confused with Tom Brown, born 1990 Thomas Brown (American football coach) (born 1986), American football running back Others [ edit ] Thomas Brown (loyalist) (1750–1825), American Revolution commander of King's Rangers in Georgia Thomas Storrow Brown (1803–1888), Canadian journalist, orator, and revolutionary Thomas L. Brown II (1960–2021), United States Navy officer See also [ edit ] Tom Brown (disambiguation) Tommy Brown (disambiguation) Thomas Browne (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
190-857: The Marian persecutions Thomas Brown (minister of St John's, Glasgow) (1776–1847), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland Joseph Brown (bishop) (Thomas Joseph Brown, 1796–1880), English bishop of the Roman Catholic Church Thomas Brown (minister and natural historian) (1811–1893), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, author of Annals Tom Brown (bishop of Wellington) (born 1943), Anglican bishop in New Zealand Thomas J. Brown (bishop of Maine) (born 1970), American bishop of
209-629: The Meridian of London (1700) and Letters from the Dead to the Living (1702), although his writings were quite prolific. Several works of the period whose author is unknown are suspected to be his. Toward the end of his life he began to regret the licentiousness with which he had lived it, and on his deathbed he secured from his publisher (one Sam Briscoe ) a promise that any posthumously published works would be censored of "all prophane, undecent passages". The promise
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#1732883931246228-752: The Supreme Court of Texas Thomas H. Brown (mayor) (1839–1908), American politician, mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Thomas C. Brown (1870–1952), New York state senator Thomas H. Brown (Michigan politician) (1917–2002), American politician Other countries [ edit ] Thomas Watters Brown (1879–1944), Northern Irish politician Thomas James Brown (1886–1970), British coal miner and Labour Party politician Religion [ edit ] Thomas Brunce (a.k.a. "Thomas Brown", c. 1388–1445) English Bishop of Rochester & of Norwich Thomas Brown (martyr) (1530–1556), English protestant martyred during
247-469: The Thomas Brown, son of William and Dorothy Brown, who was recorded christened on 1 January 1663 at Newport. His father, a farmer and tanner, died when Thomas was eight years old. He took advantage of the free schooling offered in the county, attending Adams' Grammar School at Newport, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford and there meeting the college's dean, Dr John Fell . Fell was well known as
266-575: The free school at Kingston upon Thames , Brown moved to London to live by his pen. Remembered now mainly for his witty political satires, he also wrote three stage plays, including The Dispensary (1697), and a large number of essays. A life-long friend of Aphra Behn , Brown assisted in her literary career. Brown made a modest living from his writing in Latin, French and English, in addition to offering services of translation. He translated copiously from Latin and Greek, French, Italian, and Spanish. The list of
285-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brown&oldid=1245206110 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
304-448: The translated authors includes, among others, Catullus, Cicero, Horace, Martial, Persius, Pliny, Petronius, and Lucian. He refrained, however, from ever attaching himself to a patron, and expressed contempt toward those who did so. He pursued a libertine lifestyle, and his satirical works gained him several enemies in their subjects. His best-known works, apart from the quatrain, are probably Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for
323-459: The words of Benjamin the barber) "one of the greatest wits that ever the nation produced". On the other hand, those whom Brown mercilessly lampooned during his lifetime understandably did nothing to further his good reputation after his demise. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica gives this verdict: "He was the author of a great variety of poems, letters, dialogues and lampoons, full of humour and erudition, but coarse and scurrilous. His writings have
342-478: Was married to Chris Carey-Smith, the chaplain at St Mark's Church School , both being priests of the Anglican Diocese of Wellington . Brown said he surrendered his licence as a priest "to be loyal to the church and maintain the church's integrity". This biographical article about a New Zealand religious figure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Anglican bishop
361-485: Was promptly reneged upon. Many of Brown's works went unpublished until his death, and the publication date of many is in question, as is his stature as a writer. Contemporary opinion was mixed; Jonathan Swift spoke quite highly of Brown's work, and indeed parts of Gulliver's Travels and other of Swift's works may have been significantly influenced by Brown's writings. Henry Fielding , in Tom Jones , calls him (through
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