In April 1920, there was no mention in our local newspapers that a native son’s book had just been included in The New York Times’ list of notable new science books.
More than a century lat- er, we are finally printing the incredible story of Robert Tecumtha Browne, an African- American mathematician, philosopher and author who was born in Fayette County on July 16, 1882.
Browne usually listed his birthplace as La Grange, but local records suggest that he probably grew up north of town in the Rabbs Prairie vicinity.
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