James Baldwin Brown (1820–1884) was a British

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minister.

Life

He was the eldest son of

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(1785–1843), barrister and writer. In 1839 he was one of the first to graduate from the

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. He was Minister in

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, in 1843, at Claylands Chapel, Clapham Road, in 1846, and at Brixton Independent Chapel,

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, from 1870 until his death. Brown was famous at the time for his liberal philosophical views, both in the pulpit and in the press, and the numerous religious works that he published. He lived at 5 The Paragon, in Streatham Hill, and died at Coombe House, Kingston Hill, Surrey, on 23 June 1884. He married a sister of the sculptor

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, and they were parents of

Gerard Baldwin Brown Gerard Baldwin Brown, FBA (31 October 1849 – 12 July 1932) was a British art historian. Life Brown was born in London, the son of church minister James Baldwin Brown and his wife, Elizabeth, a sister of the sculptor Henry Leifchild. He attend ...

, the art historian. He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery, where his memorial was a large Celtic cross, listed Grade II.

Selected writings

*''The Divine Life in Man'' (London, 1859) *''The Soul's Exodus and Pilgrimage'' (1862) *''The Divine Treatment of Sin'' (1864) *''The Home Life in the Light of its Divine Idea'' (1866) *''Idolatries, Old and New, their Cause and Cure'' (1867) *''The First Principles of Ecclesiastical Truth'' (1871) *''The Higher Life, its Reality, Experience, and Destiny'' (1874) *''The Doctrine of Annihilation in the Light of the Gospel of Love'' (1875) *''Home, its Relation to Man and Society'' (1883)

Sources

*Obituary, ''The Times'', 25 June 1884

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, James Baldwin 1820 births Alumni of the University of London Christianity in London 19th century in London Burials at West Norwood Cemetery 1884 deaths English Congregationalist ministers English sermon writers English male non-fiction writers