Francis Fisher Browne (December 1, 1843 – May 11, 1913) was an American editor, poet, and literary critic.

A transplant from New England, Browne settled in Chicago in 1867 and founded the literary journal, The Dial, which was a revival of Margaret Fuller's transcendental periodical and served as a venue for modernist literature.

[3][4] After his high school education, at the age of 19, Browne enlisted in the 46th Regiment of Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, Company D, and was mustered into service on September 25, 1862.

During his volunteer service, he participated in the Goldsborough Expedition, 2nd Trent Road reconnaissance (March 13, 1863), was part of the garrison of troops sent to Plymouth (April 1863), on the Roanoke River, Gum Swamp, and the Maryland Campaign.

[1][2] Browne edited the Lakeside Monthly (Chicago) (1869–74), The Alliance (1878–79), and The Dial (1880–1913), a semimonthly literary review.

[7] In May 1880, the first issue of The Dial was released under the publishing firm, Jansen, McClurg & Company, with Browne serving in the position as literary advisor.