| Admin_History | William Henry Brown was born in 1852. He was educated at Ushaw, teaching as a minor professor before ordination in June 1881. He remained at the college as prefect of discipline in the Junior House. Following the resignation of Rev R.C. Laing in 1886, Brown was appointed to teach poetry. In this position he was required to prepare the school of Poetry for the London matriculation, teaching Greek, Latin, English and Chemistry. Brown helped to achieve impressive results in this role, most notably between 1888-1892, when not a single failure was registered. In 1897, he became Prefect of Studies and, twelve years later, was appointed as vice-president of the college. As a consequence of the death of Mgr Corbishley, he succeeded to the presidency after only a year, remaining in this post until his death in 1934. |