Roger Brown (April 14, 1925 – December 11, 1997): elisa_rolle

Roger Brown (1925–1997) (Location: Willow Pond Knoll, Lot 11000), professor at Harvard University from 1952 until 1957 and from 1962 until 1994, and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1957 until 1962. During his time at the University of Michigan, he met Albert Gilman, later a Shakespeare scholar and a professor of English at Boston University. Gilman and Brown were partners for over 40 years until Gilman's death from lung cancer in 1989. Brown's sexual orientation and his relationship with Gilman were known to a few of his closest friends, and he served on the editorial board of The Journal of Homosexuality from 1985, but he did not come out publicly until 1989. Brown chronicled his personal life with Gilman and after Gilman's death in his memoir. Brown died in 1997, and is buried next to Gilman (Location: Willow Pond Knoll, Lot 11000).

Timeline & Places:

• April 14, 1925: born.

• 1948 to 1952: attended University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stati Uniti

• 1952 to 1994: taught at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, Stati Uniti

• December 11, 1997: died. Buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138, Stati Uniti. Buried alongside: Albert Gilman (died December 22, 1989).

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Queer Places, Vol. 1.3: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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ISBN-10: 1548165964
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Queer Massachusetts: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
ISBN-13: 978-1979626897 (CreateSpace-Assigned)
ISBN-10: 1979626898
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Amazon print: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1979626898/?tag=elimyrevandra-20

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Roger Brown (April 14, 1925 – December 11, 1997)

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