- Addison Brown
Addison Brown (1830-?) was an American lawyer and judge. He was born at
West Newbury, Massachusetts , and was educated atAmherst College and Harvard College and Law School, graduating from the latter in 1854.Admitted to the bar of
New York in 1855, he practiced there with success until 1881, when he was appointed judge of theU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York . This office he filled until 1901, when he resigned. His judicial opinions, upward of 1800 in number, dealing largely with the law of shipping, admiralty, extradition, and bankruptcy, are printed in "The Federal Reporter ", volumes viii-cxv.Judge Brown also gained a reputation as a botanist. He was one of the founders of the
New York Botanical Garden (1891) and published the following works:
* "IllustratedFlora of the Northern United States and Canada" (three volumes, 1896-98; new edition, 1913 — with Nathaniel L. Britton)
* "The Elgin Botanical Garden and its Relation to Columbia College and the New Hampshire Grants" (1908)References
ee also
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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
*Lomatogonium External links
*cite book
last = Britton
first = Nathaniel
authorlink = Nathaniel Lord Britton
coauthors = Addison Brown
title = An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundray of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=3YgCAAAAYAAJ
accessdate = 2008-06-24
series = Volume III, Apocynacea to Compositae; Dogbane to Thistle
date = 1898
publisher =Charles Scribner's Sons
pages = 643 pages
*cite book
last = Britton
first = Nathaniel
authorlink = Nathaniel Lord Britton
coauthors = Addison Brown
title = An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundray of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=RZUCAAAAYAAJ
accessdate = 2008-05-10
series = Volume II, Amaranthaceae to Loganiaceae
date = 1913
publisher =Charles Scribner's Sons
pages = 2052 pages
*cite book
last = Britton
first = Nathaniel Lord
authorlink = Nathaniel Lord Britton
coauthors = Addison Brown
title = An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundray of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=-YgCAAAAYAAJ
accessdate = 2008-06-17
edition = Second Edition -- Revised and Enlarged
series = Volume III Gentianaceae to Compositae -- Gentian to Thistle
date = 1913
publisher =Charles Scribner's Sons
location = New York
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