Portrait of Goold Brown

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Goold Brown

An American grammarian whose vast synthesis compared, criticized and systematized nineteenth-century English grammar teaching.

Life and context

A short timeline

  1. 1791

    Born in United States.

  2. 1851

    The Grammar of English Grammars published.

  3. 1857

    End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

  • grammar
  • usage
  • teaching
  • language history

Exhaustive prescriptive analysis built from definitions, rules, examples, quotations and disputes with other grammarians.

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Works by Goold Brown

1 work in the Linden collection.

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