The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . y the Sad Sea Waves (1878); Pullfor the Shore (1878); while among his water-colorexhibits are The Swing (1871); The Rustic Milliner(1874); A Well-Fished Preserve (1876); and Cross-ing the Brook (1877). BROWN, John Porter, an .American Orientalist;born in Chillirothe, Ohio, .Aug. 17, 1814; died inConstantinople, Turkey, April 23, 1872. He wasin the naval service till his uncle, David Porter,was sent as minister to the Porte in 1832, when heaccompanied him abroad, and giving his attentionto the study of Orien
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . y the Sad Sea Waves (1878); Pullfor the Shore (1878); while among his water-colorexhibits are The Swing (1871); The Rustic Milliner(1874); A Well-Fished Preserve (1876); and Cross-ing the Brook (1877). BROWN, John Porter, an .American Orientalist;born in Chillirothe, Ohio, .Aug. 17, 1814; died inConstantinople, Turkey, April 23, 1872. He wasin the naval service till his uncle, David Porter,was sent as minister to the Porte in 1832, when heaccompanied him abroad, and giving his attentionto the study of Oriental literature, achieved a highreputation. In various capacities he spent fortyyears in Turkey, during the last fourteen of whichhe was secretary of legation, and a jjortion of thetime charge daffaires. He published Dervishes, orOriental Spiritualism (1858); Turkish En-tertainments, a translation from Ahmed Ben Hem-den; and Ancient and Modern Constantinople, also atranslation. He frequently contributed to .Americanmagazines. 15ROWN, Joseph Emerson, war governor of 6i4 BROWN. JOSEPH E. BROWN. Georgia, was born in Piclcens County, South Caro-lina, April 15, 1821; graduated at Yale in 1846, andbecame a lawyer in Geor-gia. He was elected tothe state senate in 1849,became Judge in 1855, andwas governor of Georgiafrom 1857 to 1865. Atthe outbreak of the CivilWar, Governor Brown, whowas an active secessionist,.seized the United Statesii)rts and the arsenal atAugusta, Georgia. Afterthe war he advised hisstate to accept the termsof reconstruction offered,and for a time he acted with the Re[)ublican was defeated for United States Senator in 1868,and was appointed chief justice of the state supremecourt in the same year. In 1S72 he again joinedthe Democratic party, during the Greeley campaign;in 1880 he was elected United States Senator forthe unexpired term of General Gordon, and was re-elected in 1884 for the term ending March 3, donated $50,000 to the State Un
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