Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | David Robertson Brown |
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| Born: | 28 August 1869 |
| Died: | |
| Bio Notes: | David Robertson Brown was born in Montreal on 28 August 1869, son of James Brown and Elizabeth Robertson; his paternal grandparents David Brown and Hannah Dalziel had emigrated from Edinburgh in 1833. He was a pupil of A F Dunlop and A C Hutchison in Montreal, and also studied in Boston. He commenced independent practice in 1892. In 1900 he married Harriet Fairbairn Robb, second daughter of William Robb, City Treasurer, Montreal. In 1907 Brown took Hugh Vallance into partnership. Vallance had been born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1866, and had studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and subsequently worked as chief draughtsman in a Boston architectural firm from 1900 before moving to Montreal to join Brown in partnership. The partnership of Brown & Vallance was dissolved in 1919, both partners continuing to practise alone thereafter. |
Private and Business Addresses
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| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | |
 | Montreal, Canada | Business | 1892 | After 1936 | |
Employment and Training
Employers
| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
| Brown & Vallance | 1907 | 1919 | Partner | |
Employees or Pupils
| The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
| Hugh Allen Inglis Valentine | 1928 | 1929 | Assistant | |
| Hugh Allen Inglis Valentine | 1930 | 1931 | Assistant | |
| John Howden Cook | 1930 | 1931 | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this : | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| A National Reference Book on Canadian Men and Women | 1936 | A National Reference Book on Canadian Men and Women | |||
| Sulte, Benjamin, Fryer, C E and David, L O | 1908 | A History of Quebec: Its Resources and People | Montreal and Toronto: Canadian History Company | ||