Vernon Akitt Brown
1905–1965
(Person)
Architect, university lecturer.
Mentioned in
- Design Review: Volume 1, Issue 3 (September 1948)
- Design Review: Volume 2, Issue 6 (May-June 1950)
- Design Review: Volume 3, Issue 6 (May-June 1951)
- Kōtare 2004, Volume Five, Number One
- National Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand Art Catalogue
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
Image Gallery
.jpg "Dining TableandChairs — The table is simply a flush door supported on bent steel legs. Chairs designed to fit comfortably the shape of the body. Designed by Vernon Brown, Auckland")
.jpg "This house is different but of the four examples shown is the only one which traces and develops the characteristics that have persisted through the first hundred years of the New Zealand house. Architects: Vernon Brown & Simpson. Photographer: Frank Hofmann")
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- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.