Background
He was born at Nelsons Plains to farmer Samuel Brown and Elizabeth Parsons.
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William Brown
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Born in East London, Brown studied at Toynbee Hall and the Oxford House University Settlement, becoming a pupil-teacher.
Career
In 1888, he began working for the South Hampshire Evening Star, then, the following year, moved to become assistant editor of the British Trade Journal, then moving on to Architecture. He worked with East. O. Greening to form the International Company-operative Alliance, and from 1895 to 1916 worked for the Company-operative News, for most of the time as its London correspondent. He then moved to Manchester to work in the publicity department of the Company-operative Wholesale Society, as editor of the Producer, also working on writing histories of several local co-operative societies.
At the 1918 United Kingdom general election, Brown stood for the Company-operative Party in Mossley, but was not elected.
He retired in 1934, but continued to assist with producing the Company-operative Review and write on co-operative history.
Membership
Brown had known leading members of the co-operative movement from an early age, through his father.
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Australia