Antony Barrington Brown
Anthony Brown (disambiguation) Antony Barrington Brown FRPS (13 July 1927 – 24 January 2012) was a British designer, photographer, and explorer. He was known to many colleagues as BB. Barrington Brown was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, and following National Service in the Royal Tank Regiment went up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to read Natural Sciences. At Cambridge he was picture editor of the student newspaper Varsity.
Also recorded as Anthony Charles Barrington-Brown · BB
Antony Barrington Brown
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- Born
- 1927
- Died
- 2012 · Upton Lovell.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer · discoverer · designer
- Education
- St Edward's School
- Languages
- English
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Antony Barrington Brown (1927 – 2012) was a designer, photographer and “Entdecker”.
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Born in 1927, died in Upton Lovell in 2012.
Antony Barrington Brown studied at St Edward's School. The recorded working language is English.
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