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William Beattie Brown Junior
Born(1878-03-18)18 March 1878
Died9 April 1917(1917-04-09) (aged 39)
NationalityScottish

William Beattie Brown Junior (18 March 1878 - 9 April 1917) was a Scottish painter.[1]

Life

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His father was the artist William Beattie Brown (9 November 1831 - 31 March 1909) from Haddington, East Lothian.

His mother was Esther Love Doig (1839 - 1904) from Perth. They married on 23 December 1858 in Edinburgh.

William Beattie Brown [Jnr.] was born on 18 March 1878 in Portobello, Edinburgh.

His elder brother was the artist Henry William Jennings Brown.

William [Jnr.] went to Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh.

During the First World War he was a captain in the 25th Battalion of Northumberland Fusiliers.

Art

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Death

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He died on active service in the First World War, on 9 April 1917 in Arras, France. His usual address was given as 11 Randolph Place, Edinburgh.

Works

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References

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  1. ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.


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