George William Brown OBE FBA (born 1930) is a British medical sociologist who works in the field of social nature of mental illness.
Brown was born in Portobello, London, in 1930, as one of non-identical twins.
He left school at 16 and initially moved between a number of jobs, including work in the Post Office[clarification needed].
He then went to University College London in 1951, studying archaeology and anthropology.
He also developed with Margot Jefferys a MSc in medical sociology.