William Brown

Biography

William Brown was born in 1760 and died in 1808, his forty-eight years spanning the transformative period from the mid-eighteenth century through the opening of the nineteenth. He was a resident of Calcutta during the formative years of British colonial rule in India, and his long residence in the city indicates his establishment within its community.

William Brown's memory is honored at South Park Street Cemetery, where he rests among the notable residents of Calcutta. His grave stands as a record of the lives of those who built and sustained the colonial city during this crucial period of its development.