Brown, Thomas Townsend (subject files) | Archives and Special Collections Catalog

Thomas Townsend Brown (often referred to as T. Townsend Brown, or simply T. T. Brown) attended Doane Academy, a preparatory school in Granville associated with Denison University, from September 1921 until graduating June 11, 1923. There he assisted physics professor Richard H. Howe with the operation of Denison’s first radio station, WJD, from Barney Science Hall, with broadcasts reaching the Pacific coast.

From September 1924 until June 1925 he attended Denison University, giving a lecture “with experiments” to the Engineering Society on Particles of Energy and The Control of Gravitation, and assisting physics professor and astronomer Dr. Paul A. Biefeld with an experiment on Photographic Record of the Partial Solar Eclipse of January 24, 1925.

Requests have been made to Denison for information on Brown and Dr. Biefeld, specifically in regards to the "Biefeld-Brown effect" - Denison has no record of a paper on the “Biefeld-Brown effect” by either of the two.

Other references include: 1921/1922 Doane Academy Catalogue, 1922/1923 Doane Academy Catalogue, 1924/1925 DU Catalogue (Freshman Class List), 1922 Adytum (Doane Academy, Cicero Literary Society), 1923 Adytum (Doane Academy, senior class photo, Cicero Literary Society), Transcripts Doane Academy 1920's, Transcripts DU 1924-1925, P+B T. Townsend Brown, with newspaper clippings related to Brown and Denison, 2GD3 Brelsford Papers (Townsend Brown Foundation), 10LA Denison Alumni Bulletin, Sept. 1935 pp. 11-12, 12DPhy-90 Radio Station Equipment for photo of T. T. Brown with Radio Station Equipment, 12PH3 Howe, Richard H. Personal Correspondence for folder with letters from T. T. Brown, 12 PH3-90 Photographs: Envelope of photos sent to him by Townsend Brown, Granville Times Dec. 4, 1924.