- articles in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
- "Brown, John (British divine)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Brown, John (Scottish divine 1722-1787)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Brown, John (Scottish physician 1735-1788)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Brown, John (Scottish divine 1784-1858)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Brown, John (American abolitionist)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Brown, John (Scottish physician 1810-1882)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Brown, John George," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Brown, John (1810-1882)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Brown, John (abolitionist)," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1891)
- "Brown, John (abolitionist)," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
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