Papers of Sir John Brown, 1901-2000, naval architect, Glasgow, Scotland Late 19th century-2000
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University of Glasgow (1451- : Glasgow, Scotland)
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These are Economic History lecture notes, possibly a lecturer's own notes. There are 6 notebooks within a slipcase. On the slipcase is written in pencil "Dr James Cunnison? Alec Macfie?" The identification of the author of these notes is not certain. There is one letter within volume 6 addressed to Dr Cunnison, but without a comparison of handwriting it has not possible to assign these notes to Dr Cunnison. References within the notes would indicate that they were written after 1924. ...
Brown, Sir John, 1901-2000, naval architect, Glasgow, Scotland,
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John Brown was born on the south side of Glasgow on 6 May 1901 to parents Ida and John, a lathmaker. The family, which also included his sisters Ida, Dorothy and Maisie, soon moved to 25 Bogton Park. He first attended Craigie Street School and went on to Hutchesons' Grammar School, where his grandfather was art master. His mother, aunts, sisters and both his wives were also pupils at Hutchesons'. John Brown left school with qualifications in Science and Modern Languages and commence...
