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Brown, Capability
(1716-83) a British garden designer, who planned many large and famous gardens in castles and large country houses in England
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Brown, Charlie
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a character from the US ↑cartoon strip called ↑peanuts by Charles Schultz. Charlie Brown is a nice boy who is not very confident and is often unlucky. He has a pet dog called Snoopy.
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Brown, James
(1928- ) a US popular musician, singer, and songwriter. Many people consider him one of the greatest ↑soul singers ever. He is sometimes called 'the Godfather of Soul'.
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Brown, John
(1800-59) a US ↑abolitionist (=someone who worked to end slavery) who tried to use violence to end slavery. With followers, he took over a government weapons establishment at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He was caught and hanged for ↑treason, During the American Civil War, a song called John Brown's Body became popular in the North. The song is still well known and contains the words John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,/But his soul goes marching on.
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Brown, Sir Arthur Whitten

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