John Macmillan Brown (5 May 1845 – 18 January 1935) was a #Scottish-#NewZealand academic, administrator and promoter of #educationForWomen. Brown was born in Irvine, the sixth child of Ann Brown and her husband, James Brown, a sea captain. John was raised in a family that placed high value on education—for both sexes. He attended #IrvineAcademy, then #UniversityOfEdinburgh and #UniversityOfGlasgow.