“ His legal training had induced him a power of weighing evidence which stood him in good stead, but he had also something of the poet's imagination, which enabled him to throw himself back into a mind of primitive man. ”

“ Robert Brown, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a lifelong student of comparative mythology, died at Boscombe on Wednesday Wednesday, aged 68. He was born at Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, the only child of strict Evangelical parents. He received a classical education at Cheltenham College, and adopted the legal profession, but his chief interest was the study of ancient religions. ”