Biography - Augustus G. Brown

Augustus George Brown, was born in Ouvranches, France on March 13, 1864, the son of a Captain of the Queen's 7th Hussars, his family being on duty in France at the time of his birth. He was a younger son of a titled family and came to this area en route to the Klondike in the 1890's. He liked Juneau and make it his home, and so far as is known never did go to the Klondike.

He maintained a row of neat cottages on Willoughby and is presumed to have lived from his rentals and an allowance from an estate in England. He died in 1949, leaving $5,000 to a sister in England and over $30,000 to the City of Juneau for the purpose of constructing a swimming pool.

Augustus Brown had an abiding interest in music and was the possessor of a large collection of 78 records from which KINY used to borrow on occasion in the first years of its operations. He also lent them to the school.

The record collection was left to the city. Librarian Dale DeArmond says she has a listing of them and states the records were put in the City Hall for storage at the time of his death. A violin was found among his possessions.

In additiion to his interest in music he was a fine ice figure skater. He is said to have affected windsor ties and to have dressed immaculately.

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