Frederick S. Brown
1822 - 1892
BiographyFrederick S. Brown moved to Hartford at the age of six and was educated in the city's public schools. He ran a cigar store on Central Row and was active in local politics. He was also a knowledgeable amateur botanist and landscape gardener and a talented amateur photographer. He was deeply interested in trees and provided Hartford's parks with many unusual and exotic specimens. A series of photographs that he took between 1886 and 1890 document that appearance of large and notable Connecticut trees is in the collection of the Connecticut Historical Society.
Person TypeIndividual
Cape Verdean, 1924 - 2005
American, 1803 - 1872
