Browne, Nathaniel Borradaile.

Nathaniel Borradaile Browne, (1819-1875), was a Philadelphia lawyer, businessman, and public servant. Born in Philadelphia in 1819, he lived and worked in the district known as West Philadelphia. He served in both the federal and the Pennsylvania state governments, worked on the Philadelphia Centennial in Fairmount Park, and became the first president of Fidelity Trust Company

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1839, he studied law in the office of Charles Chauncey for one year. He spent another year learning business and commercial law in a large Philadelphia establishment before beginning his own private commercial and real estate law practice. He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1842, and settled in West Philadelphia in 1850, where he became a substantial property owner. He was elected President of the Board of Commissioners of West Philadelphia in 1853, and influenced the University of Pennsylvania to relocate there. Browne was part of a group of reformers, which included Philadelphia resident Eli K. Price, who wanted to unite the city of Philadelphia with its surrounding separate districts.

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