Background
Brown was born in Birmingham in 1872.
Brown was born in Birmingham in 1872.
He began his studies at a local art school and then studied at the Royal College of Art, where he graduated in 1898.
He was part of the Indian Education Service for 28 years, from 1899 until 1927. He became principal of the Mayo School of Arts (today the National College of Arts) in Lahore and curator of the Lahore Museum. In 1909, he left Lahore to be succeeded in the position of principal of the Mayo School of Arts by Ram Singh, who held this post until 1913.
The same year, he became the principal of the Government School of Art in Kolkata.
He retired in 1927 and became secretary and curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the world"s largest museum of decorative arts and design. Brown died in 1955.
