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Brown, Trisha

(Encyclopedia)Brown, Trisha, 1936–2017, American dancer and choreographer acclaimed for having revolutionized modern dance in the late 20th cent., b. Aberdeen, Wash. After studying dance at Mills College (B.A., 1...

brown algae

(Encyclopedia)brown algae: see Phaeophyta.

brown coal

(Encyclopedia)brown coal: see lignite.

Brown Deer

(Encyclopedia)Brown Deer, village (2020 pop. 12,507), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1955. It is a residential suburb N of Milwaukee; consumer g...

brown dwarf

(Encyclopedia)brown dwarf, in astronomy, celestial body that is larger than a planet but does not have sufficient mass to convert hydrogen into helium via nuclear fusion as stars do. Also called “failed stars,”...

brown hematite

(Encyclopedia)brown hematite: see limonite.

brown thrush

(Encyclopedia)brown thrush: see mimic thrush.

Brown University

(Encyclopedia)Brown University, Providence, R.I.; coeducational chartered 1764 as Rhode Island College at Warren, opened 1765. It moved to Providence in 1770 and was renamed for Nicholas Brown in 1804. Pembroke Col...

Morris Brown College

(Encyclopedia)Morris Brown College: see Atlanta Univ. Center. ...

Herreshoff, John Brown

(Encyclopedia)Herreshoff, John Brown hĕrˈəs-hŏf [key], 1841–1915, American yacht and ship builder. Though totally blind from the time he was 15, he managed his own sail-boat building company until his brother...