Author: BROWN, JOHN MACMILLAN
Title: The Memoirs of John Macmillan Brown.
Description: Christchurch, University of Canterbury. 1974, First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, xxxvi, 224 pages, b/w photos. Dust wrapper has a short tear at the top and is slightly sunned on the spine. John Macmillan Brown (5 May 1845 ¿ 18 January 1935) was a Scottish-New Zealand academic, administrator and promoter of education for women. Brown was born in Irvine, the sixth child of Ann Brown and her husband, James Brown, a sea captain. John was raised in a family that placed high value on education¿for both sexes. He attended Irvine Academy, then University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow. In 1874 he was selected as professor of Classics and English, one of three foundation chairs at the newly established Canterbury College in Christchurch, then part of the University of New Zealand. In his new role, he worked 16 hours a day, covering English literature and composition, Latin and Greek; inspecting secondary schools and examining for teachers' certificates. In 1879, he took on history and political economy. Under his patronage Canterbury College admitted Helen Connon as a matriculated student in 1876, the first Australasian university institution to admit women to degree classes on an equal basis with men. Brown and Connon married on 9 December 1886. They had two children including Millicent Amiel, who later married Archibald Baxter and was mother to the poet James K. Baxter. In addition, Brown also helped establish the Macmillan Brown Library, a research library, archive, and art gallery which is associated with the University of Canterbury. Brown died at Christchurch on 18 January 1935 at the age of 89, leaving a significant bequest to Canterbury College. Very Good/Good.

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