Clarence Brown, professor emeritus of comparative literature, passed away July 18, 2015
2 thoughts on “Clarence Brown”
Brian Gay
I did not know Mr. Brown, but I did come across one of his books with an inscription and autograph. I am a bit of a book hound and recently at one of my haunts, I saw the title ‘The Achievement of American Criticism’. I enjoy learning different points of view on literature, so I picked it up. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I noticed the inscription was written by the author, so I decided to reach out to him or his family because the message seemed so personal that I feel this book was given away by accident. It reads:
“To Charlie-
In friendship – and in
gratitude for “bravery” above and
beyond the call of duty.
“In memoriam”: New York, 1953
Clarence Arthur Brown
April, 1954″
If this is something that the family would want, feel free to reach out to me by email.
I did not know Mr. Brown, but I did come across one of his books with an inscription and autograph. I am a bit of a book hound and recently at one of my haunts, I saw the title ‘The Achievement of American Criticism’. I enjoy learning different points of view on literature, so I picked it up. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I noticed the inscription was written by the author, so I decided to reach out to him or his family because the message seemed so personal that I feel this book was given away by accident. It reads:
“To Charlie-
In friendship – and in
gratitude for “bravery” above and
beyond the call of duty.
“In memoriam”: New York, 1953
Clarence Arthur Brown
April, 1954″
If this is something that the family would want, feel free to reach out to me by email.
Paying a tribute to Clarence Brown in Russian Wikipedia
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD,_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D1%83%D1%87%D1%91%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9)