J. Carter Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

J. Carter Brown

Executive director of National Gallery of Art

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1934

Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jun-2002

Profession: historian, art historian, museum director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Carter Brown III (October 8, 1934 – June 17, 2002), director of the U.S.
National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and a leading figure in American intellectual life.
Under Brown's direction, the National Gallery became one of the leading art museums in the United States, if not the world.
He was known as a champion of the arts and public access to art at a time of decreased public spending on the humanities.