He persuaded the Yearly Meeting to revive it by donating land in Providence as a site for the school.

[4] The Quakers were early advocates of women's education, and Moses Brown School was co-educational.

Well-known faculty over the years included the twin Quaker educators Alfred and Albert Smiley in the mid-Nineteenth Century[5] and children's author Scott Corbett in the 1960s.

Ninth and tenth grade students are offered limited flexibility in their courses, in order to expose them to a varied selection of topics.

Students are required to participate in varied school activities, whether athletic, theater, dance, or community service.

[7] The school is mentioned in H. P. Lovecraft's novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward as the alma mater of the titular villain.