The Chad Browne memorial, consisting of genealogical memoirs of a portion of the descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an appendix, containing sketches of other early Rhode Island settlers, 1638-1888 . ^ in the class of 1766. Soon after leavingcollege, at the urgent request of President Manning, hebecame his associate in the College of Rhode Island, nowBrown University, which had commenced its existence inWarren in 1764. He was a tutor in the institution threeyears, and then in 1769 was appointed Professor of Mathe-matics and Natural Philosophy, holding that office until thesusj)ensio
The Chad Browne memorial, consisting of genealogical memoirs of a portion of the descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an appendix, containing sketches of other early Rhode Island settlers, 1638-1888 . ^ in the class of 1766. Soon after leavingcollege, at the urgent request of President Manning, hebecame his associate in the College of Rhode Island, nowBrown University, which had commenced its existence inWarren in 1764. He was a tutor in the institution threeyears, and then in 1769 was appointed Professor of Mathe-matics and Natural Philosophy, holding that office until thesusj)ension of college exercises in consequence of the Revolution-ary War. Besides giving instruction in the studies whichbelonged to his special department, he also taught the French,German and Hebrew languages. He was Professor of Law for * He was probably a descendant of Edward Howell, Gentleman, of Marsh Gibbon,Bucking^hanishire, Eng-., who was one of the original settlers of Southampton, L. I., in1640. Before the close of the century. New Jersey received many settlers from LongIsland families, among whom the Howells were ^
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