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{{Infobox person
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| birth_date = 1872
| birth_place = [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|1955|1872}}
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| nationality = British
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| alma_mater = [[Royal College of Art]]
| occupation = [[Principal (academia)|Principal]] of the [[Mayo School of Arts, Lahore|Mayo School of Arts]]<br />[[Curator]] of the [[Lahore Museum]]<br />Principal of the [[Government College of Art & Craft|Government School of Art]] in [[Kolkata]]<br />Secretary and curator of the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]
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'''Percy Brown''' (1872–1955) was a renowned British scholar, artist, art critic, historian and archaeologist,<ref name=Bio>{{cite book |title=Indian Art at Delhi 1903 |author=Sir George Watt |year=1987 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120802780 |pages=546 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oc_oAfZLKnoC&q=percy+brown+was+principal+of+lahore+museum&pg=PA549 |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref> well known as an author on [[Indian architecture]] and [[Indian art|art]], especially for his studies on [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom|Greco-Bactrian]] art.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1907 |title=The Popular Science Monthly |journal=Popular Science |page=494 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yUDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Percy+Brown%2C+artist+and+archeolo-gist%22&pg=PA493 |access-date=9 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Life and career==
Brown was born in [[Birmingham]] in 1872.<ref name=British>{{cite book |title=British Drawings in the India Office Library |last=Archer |first=Mildred |year=1995 |publisher=[[H.M.S.O.]] | page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cnvqAAAAMAAJ&q=Brown%2C+Percy+%281872-1955%29+Born+Birmingham.+Studied+at+local+art+school+and+Royal+College+of+Art%2C+ARCA+1898.+Indian+Education+Service+1899-+1927.+Principal+of+the+Mayo+School+of+Art+and+Curator+of+Lahore+Museum+1+899-1+909 |access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref> He began his studies at a local art school and then studied at the [[Royal College of Art]], where he graduated in 1898.
He was part of the [[Indian Education Service]] for 28 years, from 1899 until 1927.<ref name=British/><ref name=Imperfect>{{cite book |title=Imperfect encounter: letters of William Rothenstein and Rabindranath Tagore, 1911–1941 |last=Rothenstein |first=William |author2=Tagore Rabindranath |year=1972 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] | page=174 |isbn=9780674445123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Sk3AAAAIAAJ&q=Brown,+Percy,+1872-1955 |access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref>
He became [[principal (academia)|principal]] of the [[Mayo School of Arts, Lahore|Mayo School of Arts]] (today the National College of Arts) in [[Lahore]] and [[curator]] of the [[Lahore Museum]]. In 1909, he left [[Lahore]] to be succeeded in the position of principal of the Mayo School of Arts by Ram Singh, who held this post until 1913.<ref>{{cite book |title=Colonialism and the object: empire, material culture, and the museum |last=Barringer |first=Tim |author2=Tom Flynn |year=1998 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415157759 | page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mpmEtcjmRVQC&q=Percy+Brown+became+Principal+of&pg=PA80 |access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref> The same year, he became the principal of the [[Government College of Art & Craft|Government School of Art]] in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=British/> He retired in 1927 and became secretary and [[curator]] of the Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata. He held the post until 1947 after which he spent his remaining days in Srinagar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brown, Percy|url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000011616|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Grove Art Online|language=en|doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T011616}}</ref>

==Notable works==
Brown was one of the first writers to have concentrated exclusively on Indian and Buddhist architecture.<ref>{{cite book |title=Buddhist Architecture |author=Le Huu Phuoc |year=2010 |publisher=Grafikol |isbn=9780984404308 | page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jb364g4BvoC&q=percy+brown+studies&pg=PA4 |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref> He wrote several important books on architecture and art, including the two-volume ''Indian Architecture'' (Volume I: ''Buddhist and Hindu Periods'' and Volume II: ''Islamic Period'') in 1940.<ref>{{cite book |title=Against the current: the life of Lain Singh Bangdel, writer, painter, and art historian of Nepal |last=Messerschmidt |first=Donald Alan|author2=Dina Bangdel |year=2004 |publisher=Orchid Press |isbn=9745240524 | page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SevqAAAAMAAJ&q=Brown,+Percy,+1872-1955 |access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref> Other notable works of his include ''A descriptive guide to the Department of archaeology & antiquities'' (1908),<ref name=Books>{{cite web|url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Brown%2C%20Percy%2C%201872-1955|title=Online books by Percy Brown |access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref> ''Picturesque Nepal'' (1912),<ref name=Books/>
''Indian painting'' (1918),<ref name=Books/> and ''Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling District'' (1922).<ref name=Books/>

{{wikisource|Author:Percy Brown|Percy Brown}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Percy Brown |birth=1872 |death=1955 |sopt=t}}

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