Goold Brown

Goold Brown (March 7, 1791 – March 31, 1857) was an American grammarian.

Goold Brown
Born	(1791-03-07)March 7, 1791 Providence, Rhode Island
Died	March 31, 1857(1857-03-31) (aged 66) Lynn, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Spouse	Mary Starbuck
Parent(s)	Smith Brown and Lydia Gould
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Biography

Goold Brown was born in Providence, Rhode Island on March 7, 1791, the third child of Smith Brown and Lydia Gould. His family could be traced to some of the earliest Quakers in New England.^[1]

He was educated in Friends' Schools in Providence and Dutchess County, New York. He began teaching at age 19, and at 21 he opened an academy for classical and literary studies in New York City.^[1]

He died in Lynn, Massachusetts on March 31, 1857.^[2]

Bibliography

• Institutes of English Grammar, in 1823
• First Lines of English Grammar, in 1823
• The Grammar of English Grammars, in 1851

References

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. pp. 265–266. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via Google Books.
2. "Death of Goold Brown, the Grammarian". The Baltimore Sun. April 6, 1857. p. 4. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Goold Brown
• Works by Goold Brown at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Goold Brown at the Internet Archive
• Works by Goold Brown at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)