E. K. Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

E. K. Brown

Canadian academic

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1905

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1951

Profession: literary critic

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Edward Killoran Brown (August 15, 1905 – April 24, 1951), who wrote as E.K.
Brown, was a Canadian professor and literary critic.
He "influenced Canadian literature primarily through his award-winning book On Canadian Poetry (1943)," which "established the standards of excellence and many of the subsequent directions of Canadian criticism." Northrop Frye called him "the first critic to bring Canadian literature into its proper context".