Howell Chambers Brown was born July 28, 1880, in
Little Rock,
Arkansas, and at age 16 his family moved to
Pasadena,
California. His parents were Judge Benjamin Chambers Brown and Mary Broker Brown, and he was one of their five children. His brother was
Benjamin Chambers Brown. Brown initially attended the
Stanford University School of Engineering, eventually he left the engineering department and earned an
A.B. degree from
Stanford University in May 1904 in
Romance Languages. He lived on a ranch in
Sinaloa,
Mexico for a period of time. Brown died April 15, 1954, in Pasadena, California.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,
Mills College Art Museum, among others. == References ==