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John Macmillan Brown

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John Macmillan Brown

In 1874 John Macmillan Brown was selected as professor of classics and English, one of three foundation chairs at the newly-established Canterbury College in Christchurch. He gave up teaching classics in 1879 (on the appointment of the first professor in classics) and taught history and political economy.

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Gary Hawke, Economic thought – The economics profession, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22304/john-macmillan-brown (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gary Hawke, published 18 May 2010.