Brown University
Brown University is an university in City of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Brown University is situated nearby to Sciences Library, as well as near the neighborhood Stimson Avenue Historic District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sciences Library and Rhode Island School of Design.
Sciences Library
Library
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The Sciences Library is a high-rise building at Brown University, located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It was built in 1971 in the Brutalist style. Sciences Library is situated 760 feet west of Brown University.
Rhode Island School of Design
University
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The Rhode Island School of Design is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the accessibility of design education to women. Rhode Island School of Design is situated 2,900 feet west of Brown University.
John Carter Brown Library
Library
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The John Carter Brown Library is an independently funded research library of history and the humanities on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. John Carter Brown Library is situated 1,300 feet west of Brown University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stimson Avenue Historic District and College Hill.
Stimson Avenue Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Stimson Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district on the east side of Providence, Rhode Island. It includes all of Stimson Avenue and Diman Place, as well as adjacent properties on Angell Street on the south and Hope Street on the west, forming a relatively compact rectangular area.
College Hill
Fox Point
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Fox Point is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island. It is centered around Wickenden Street, which runs the length of the neighborhood, and is its commercial center.
Brown University
- Type: University
- Also known as: “Brown College” and “Rhode Island College”
- Category: education
- Location: City of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.82621° or 41° 49′ 34″ northLongitude
-71.39756° or 71° 23′ 51″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
87HCRJG2+FXGeoNames ID
5221119
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Brown University” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة براون”
- Azerbaijani: “Braun Universiteti”
- Basque: “Brown Unibertsitatea”
- Bengali: “ব্রাউন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়”
- Bosnian: “Univerzitet Brown”
- Bulgarian: “Университет „Браун“”
- Catalan: “Universitat de Brown”
- Chinese: “布朗大学”
- Czech: “Brownova univerzita”
- Dutch: “Brown University”
- Dutch: “Brown-universiteit”
- Estonian: “Browni Ülikool”
- Finnish: “Brownin yliopisto”
- French: “Université Brown”
- Georgian: “ბრაუნის უნივერსიტეტი”
- German: “Brown University”
- Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת בראון”
- Hungarian: “Brown Egyetem”
- Icelandic: “Brown-háskóli”
- Indonesian: “Universitas Brown”
- Italian: “Università Brown”
- Japanese: “ブラウン大学”
- Korean: “브라운 대학교”
- Latin: “Universitas Brunensis”
- Latvian: “Brauna Universitāte”
- Macedonian: “Универзитет Браун”
- Manx: “Ollooscoill Brown”
- Norwegian: “Brown University”
- Persian: “دانشگاه براون”
- Polish: “Uniwersytet Brown”
- Polish: “Uniwersytet Browna”
- Portuguese: “Universidade Brown”
- Russian: “Брауновский университет”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Oilthigh Bhrown”
- Serbian: “Универзитет Браун”
- Spanish: “Universidad Brown”
- Swedish: “Brown University”
- Tatar: “Braun universitetı”
- Thai: “มหาวิทยาลัยบราวน์”
- Turkish: “Brown Üniversitesi”
- Ukrainian: “Браунський університет”
- Vietnamese: “Đại học Brown”
- Waray (Philippines): “Unibersidad Brown”
- Western Panjabi: “براؤن یونیورسٹی”
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