articles in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica :
"Brown, John (British divine) ," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Brown, John (Scottish divine 1722-1787) ," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Brown, John (Scottish physician 1735-1788) ," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Brown, John (Scottish divine 1784-1858) ," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Brown, John (American abolitionist) ," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Brown, John (Scottish physician 1810-1882) ," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Brown, John George ," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Brown, John (1810-1882) ," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 , London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Brown, John (abolitionist) ," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography , New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1891)
"Brown, John (abolitionist) ," in Collier's New Encyclopedia , New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)