Richard David Brown

Background

Brown, Richard David was born on October 31, 1939 in New York City. Son of Alvyn Adolph and Dorothy (Kruskal) Brown.

Education

AB, Oberlin College, 1961; AM, Harvard University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966.

Career

Fulbright lecturer University Toulouse, France, 1965-1966. Assistant professor history Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1966-1971. Associate professor history University Connecticut, Storrs, 1971-1975, professor, since 1975, head department, 1974-1980, 94-95, director Humanities Institute, 2001—2009, Board Trustees Distinguished professor, 2002—2009, emeritus, since 2009.

Achievements

• Richard David Brown has been listed as a noteworthy History educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Knowledge Is Power: The Diffusion of Information in Early America, 1700-1865

    (Brown here explores America's first communications revolu...)

  • The Strength of a People: The Idea of an Informed Citizenry in America, 1650-1870

    (Thomas Jefferson's conviction that the health of the nati...)

  • The Strength of a People: The Idea of an Informed Citizenry in America, 1650-1870

    (Thomas Jefferson's conviction that the health of the nati...)

  • The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler: A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America

    ( In 1806 an anxious crowd of thousands descended upon L...)

  • The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler: A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America by Brown, Irene Quenzler, Brown, Richard D. (2005) Paperback

Membership

Chair Hampton (Connecticut) Board of Education, 1983-1985. Member American Antiquarian Society (councillor since 1994, National Endowment of the Humanities fellow 1977-1978, 92-93), Society of America Historians, Institute Early American History and Culture (councillor 1995-1998), Society Historians of the Early American Republic (president 2001-2002), New England Quarterly (board editor since 2008), Massachusetts History Society, Colonial Society Massachusetts.

Connections

Married Irene Quenzler, June 10, 1962. Children: Josiah Henry, Nicholas Alvyn.

Father:

Alvyn Adolph Brown

Mother:

Dorothy (Kruskal) Brown

Spouse:

Irene Quenzler

child:

Josiah Henry Brown

child:

Nicholas Alvyn Brown