Kenneth Brown (March 9, 1868May 5, 1958) was an American journalist and writer. Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois to parents, Franklin B. and Caroline Frothingham (Morrill) Brown. He attended the University of Virginia for a short time, and he attended Harvard University for five years.
Brown worked in the newspaper business as a reporter, and editorial writer in Boston, New York, Baltimore and Chicago, and published numerous articles in popular magazines such as The Green Book Magazine, Munsey's Magazine, and Watson's Magazine. Brown published several books, and co-authored others with his wife and his brother-in-law.
Brown studied under private tutors in Germany, Switzerland, and Paris. He attended the University of Virginia for a short time, and attended Harvard University for five years, where he studied primarily, English and athletics. There is no record that he received a degree from Harvard, however, LeBaron Russell Briggs made an impact on his life; when Brown wrote his book, Putter Perkins, he dedicated his book to Briggs, writing:
For some years he was in newspaper work in Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Chicago. He worked for a short time at The Boston Journal in 1891, and later at the New York Herald and Baltimore News. He left the newspaper business and became involved in raising thoroughbred horses, in Virginia, until 1896.
From 1896 through 1897, Brown worked as a reporter for the Chicago Inter Ocean, leaving to serve as an editorial writer in New York, for the Commercial Advertiser until 1900.
On April 21, 1904, Brown married Demetra Vaka, a Greek, who had come to America at the age of 17. In 1917 he went with his wife to study the Greek situation during World War I. Together they interviewed several leaders including Constantine I of Greece and Eleftherios Venizelos, the Greek politician. Afterwards, they published In Pawn to a Throne, in 1919, the seventh book that he had authored or co-authored. In 1921, they wrote a series of articles on Turkey.
From 1903 through 1915, Brown wrote short stories and articles that were published in several magazines such as, The Redbook magazine, The Green Book Magazine, Munsey's Magazine, Watson's Magazine, Ainslee's Magazine, The Popular Magazine and Appleton's Booklovers Magazine.
Brown founded a magazine, The Magpie, described as "an aesthetic little magazine" in the book, American Little Magazines of the Fin de Siecle.
A number of books and articles, published by Brown, is listed below. A collection of his letters, photographs, clippings and miscellaneous articles are available at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.