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brown algae

(Encyclopedia) brown algae: see Phaeophyta.

brown coal

(Encyclopedia) brown coal: see lignite.

brown hematite

(Encyclopedia) brown hematite: see limonite.

Almirante Brown

(Encyclopedia) Almirante Brown, Argentina: see Adrogué.

brown thrush

(Encyclopedia) brown thrush: see mimic thrush.

Brown Deer

(Encyclopedia) Brown Deer, village (2020 pop. 12,507), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1955. It is a residential suburb N of…

Brown, Harold

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Harold, 1927–2019, American nuclear physicist and government official, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1949. He joined (1952) the staff of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (…

Brown, John Carter

(Encyclopedia) Brown, John Carter, 1797–1874, American book collector and philanthropist, b. Providence, R.I.; son of Nicholas Brown. In about 1840 he began collecting books printed before 1800…

Charlie Byrd

virtuoso jazz guitaristBorn: 9/16/1925Birthplace: Chuckatuck, Virginia virtuoso jazz guitarist widely credited with bringing Latin America's bossa nova to the United States. His collaboration with…

Charlie Sifford

Born: June 2, 1922 Golf won the Hartford Open in 1967 with a final-round 64, becoming the first Black player to win a PGA event; won the PGA Seniors Championship in 1975; amassed…