George Brown

Railroad promoter, born in Co Antrim, Ireland. The son of Alexander Brown, he joined his father in Baltimore, MD (1802), was influential in the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and became the company's treasurer (1827–34). He was a cautious director of the family firm, Alexander Brown & Sons (1834–59). He gave generously to the House of Refuge and the Peabody Institute of Baltimore.

George Brown may refer to:

George Brown (Canadian politician) (1818–1880), Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician George Brown (cricketer) (1887–1964), English cricketer George Brown (footballer) (1903-1948), English footballer George Brown (missionary) (1835–1917), English missionary to Fiji, Samoa George "Young Tiger" Brown (born 1920), Calypso musician from Trinidad George Brown (musician) (born 1949), drummer for Kool & the Gang George Brown (Northwest Territories politician), member of Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, 1890s George Brown (soldier) (1790–1865), British Army officer George Lindor Brown (1903-1971), British physiologist and Secretary of the Royal Society. 1941) George Brown, Baron George-Brown (1914–1985), British politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Douglas Brown (1869-1902), Scottish novelist George E. Brown (1908-1987), American research engineer who developed color television George Leslie Brown (1926–2006), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (1974–1978), first African-American lieutenant governor in the U.S. George Mackay Brown (1921-1996), Scottish poet, author, and dramatist George Scratchley Brown (1918–1978), Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff G. Spencer-Brown (born 1923), British mathematician George Brown (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player George Brown (b.1880), an American inductee to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame

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