Springing from Providence, his father and uncles signed the charter of his alma mater, ahead of its time in its non-sectarianism. The grateful college changed its unwieldy name to his simple surname after he so generously gave to it of his earthly goods. Who was he?

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Nicolas Brown. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_University" The Brown family — Nicholas, John, Joseph and Moses — were instrumental in the move to Providence, funding and organizing much of the construction of the new buildings. The family's connection with the college was strong: Joseph Brown became a professor of Physics at the University, and John Brown served as treasurer from 1775 to 1796. In 1804, a year after John Brown's death, the University was renamed Brown University in honor of John's nephew, Nicholas Brown, Jr., who was a member of the class of 1786 and in 1804 contributed $5,000 (which, adjusted for inflation, is approximately $1,846,779.08 in 2009, (assuming a 3% rate) though it was 1,000 times the roughly $5 tuition) toward an endowed professorship." It had originally been called "the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". Sep 11 09, 7:30 PM

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Purrrrfect! Sep 11 09, 10:53 PM