Background
Brown, Gordon Stewart was born on February 24, 1936 in Rome, Italy. Son of George Stewart and Helen Christian (Meyer) Brown. came to the United States, 1939.
(The Normans originally came to Italy and Sicily in the 11...)
The Normans originally came to Italy and Sicily in the 11th and 12th centuries looking for adventure or a livelihood, but once there, found opportunity for fame and fortune. The story of the Norman conquest in Italy and Sicily is indeed one of knights and adventurers, great battles and lowly pillage, opportunism and statesmanship, and crusade and coexistence. This rich and often dramatic study focuses on the eight sons of Tancred of Hauteville, especially Robert Guiscard, who has been called "the most dazzling military ruler between Julius Caesar and Napoleon," and his youngest brother Roger, who conquered Sicily. It discusses how they expanded their lands throughout southern Italy, and then took Sicily from its Muslim rulers. The brothers, often in conflict with each other, challenged both the Papacy and the Byzantine Empire, became the main supporters of the reformed Papacy, and founded a rich, sophisticated kingdom that lasted until the nineteenth century.
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Brown, Gordon Stewart was born on February 24, 1936 in Rome, Italy. Son of George Stewart and Helen Christian (Meyer) Brown. came to the United States, 1939.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1957.
Foreign service officer, State Department, various countries, since 1961; deputy chief of mission, United States Embassy, Tunis, Tunisia, 1986-1989; political advisor, United States Centcom, Tampa, Florida, 1989-1991; ambassador, United States Embassy, Nouakchott, Mauritania, since 1991.
(The Normans originally came to Italy and Sicily in the 11...)
Served with United States Army, 1957-1960.
Married Olivia Margaret Collins, March 25, 1961. Children: Marian Elsa, Louise Margaret, Stewart Laurance.