Kenneth Brown

Kenneth Brown (March 9, 1868May 5, 1958) was an American journalist and writer. Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois to parents, Franklin B. and Caroline Frothingham (Morrill) Brown. He attended the University of Virginia for a short time, and he attended Harvard University for five years. Brown worked in the newspaper business as a reporter, and editorial writer in Boston, New York, Baltimore and Chicago, and published numerous articles in popular magazines such as The Green Book Magazine, Munsey's Magazine, and Watson's Magazine. Brown published several books, and co-authored others with his wife and his brother-in-law. Biography Brown studied under private tutors in Germany, Switzerland, and Paris. He attended the University of Virginia for a short time, and attended Harvard University for five years, where he studied primarily, English and athletics. There is no record that he received a degree from Harvard, however, LeBaron Russell Briggs made an impact on his life; when Brown wrote his book, Putter Perkins, he dedicated his book to Briggs, writing: For some years he was in newspaper work in Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Chicago. He worked for a short time at The Boston Journal in 1891, and later at the New York Herald and Baltimore News. He left the newspaper business and became involved in raising thoroughbred horses, in Virginia, until 1896.