Brown was born on 22 April 1919 in Warminster, England, and emigrated to Australia that same year.
[1] In 1938, Brown travelled by sea from Melbourne to England to attend university.
[2][A] Like his father and grandfather, he pursued a medical career, receiving his education at Christ's College, Cambridge (1938–40) and Middlesex Hospital in London, England (1940–45).
[1] He published the first Victorian record of the cattle egret (Ardeola ibis coromanda).
[1] Brown died on 3 January 1982 at his home at Heathcote Junction, near Wandong, Victoria, and was survived by his second wife, Noela.