Robert Eldon Brown

Robert Eldon Brown was born on January 12, 1907, in Hamilton, Kansas, and became a prominent historian specializing in colonial American history. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington in 1938 and served as a professor in the Department of History at Michigan State University from 1947 until his retirement in 1977. Brown authored numerous books on early American history, including works on the formation of the American Constitution.