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Eric Brown (1878 - April 6, 1939) was an English-born Canadian art administrator and the first Director of the National Gallery of Canada.

Early Life
Eric Brown was born in Nottingham, England, son of John Henry and Emma (née Wardle) Brown. His older brother Arnesby (later Sir Arnesby) was an English landscape painter and a member of the Royal Academy. Brown attended

After recovering from a long illness, the result of a football accident, Brown tried farming in the West Indies and then in Lincolnshire before coming to Canada in 1909 at the invitation of F.R. Heaton, the head of Scott and Son, Montreal art dealers.

Brown married Florence Maud of Lincolnshire, England on 25 December 1910 in Toronto.