About John Browne
Lived 1687 – 1764 (aged 76–77). John Browne was a British anglican priest.
John Browne (1687–1764) was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford, and also served as vice-chancellor of Oxford University.
Biography John Browne was the sixth son of Richard Browne of Marton, Yorkshire. The library was originally located in a ground-floor room in the Radcliffe Quad of the College. However, when a new Master's Lodgings was built, the books were moved there. They form a decorative backdrop in the dining room, in fitted bookcases.
John Browne died on 7 August 1764.
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Who was John Browne?
English Anglican priest, born 1687
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John Browne was born in 1687.
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John Browne died in 1764.
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John Browne was an anglican priest.
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John Browne was British.
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