Dictionary of Indian Biography/Brown, Rev. David
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BROWN, REV. DAVID (1763–1812)
Born in 1763: educated at Scarborough, Hull, and Magdalen College, Cambridge: ordained and went to Calcutta as a Chaplain in Bengal in 1786: held several clerical charges, including the ministry of the Old Church, 21 years, and 10 years the senior Presidency chaplaincy, and laboured greatly in the cause of missions and aid to native Christians: was held in great esteem by the English residents: founded the Auxiliary Bible Society: Provost of the College of Fort William, Aug. 18, 1800: in 1812 he embarked on a ship which was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal: was rescued, and returned to Calcutta, but died there directly, June 14, 1812.