Brown, Spencer, 1909-1989

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Spencer Brown was born in 1909 in Hartford, Connecticut, graduated from Harvard University with an A.B in 1930 and an A.M. in 1932, and taught at the Loomis School (1930-1931), Taft School (1932-1934), and Fieldston School (1938-1971), where he also served as principal (1965-1971). His published collections of poetry include: My Father's Business and Other Poems (1956), Looking into the Fire (1967), and Child's Game, On a Journey (1979). Brown died in Croton-on-Hudson, New York in 1989.

From the description of Spencer Brown papers, 1909-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702181271

Brown earned his Harvard AB in 1930 and his AM in 1932.

From the description of Lucretius as humanist : question on the midyear paper of Latin 8 / as answered by Spencer Brown. 1932. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511530

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Birth 1909-10-16

Death 1989-12-26

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