Brown, Edwin Hacker, 1875-1930.

EDWIN HACKER BROWN was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on July 29, 1875, the son of Edwin and Marianna Miffin Earle Brown. He received his education in the Worcester public schools (1880-1887), Charles E. Fish's School for Boys (1887-1891), Harvard University (1892-1896), and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1896-1898). From the latter he received a degree in mechanical engineering. During September through December, 1898 he taught in the Worcester English High School physics department. Over the next thirteen years he was associated with a number of mining and construction companies, including the Pioneer Mining Company of Alaska (1899), the Cape Nome Hydraulic Mining Company as a director and assistant general manager at its Alaska claim sites (1900-1902), and the Perfect Combustion Company of America, Inc. (also known as the American Kiln and Construction Company), which he served as engineer and European manager in Madrid, Spain (Sept.-Dec. 1903) and as an engineer on the United States east coast and in Minneapolis (1904). In Minneapolis he was also affiliated with Winston, Harper, Fisher, and Company in an attempt to construct a peat processing plant. From May through October (1905) he was again in Alaska, employed as engineer for the Cedric Ditch Company near Nome. He then returned to Minneapolis and was associated with the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company. In 1911 he joined his brother-in-law, Edwin H. Hewitt, to form Hewitt and Brown, Architects and Engineers, a position he held until his death.

Brown also traveled extensively during his early years, not only making several trips to Alaska but also visiting Europe (February-May 1899) and traveling around the world (October 1902-April 1903).

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