Hugh M. Browne facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hugh M. Browne
Born	Hugh Mason Browne (1851-06-12)June 12, 1851 Washington, D.C., US
Died	October 30, 1923(1923-10-30) (aged 72) Washington, D.C.
Alma mater	Howard University, Princeton Theological Seminary
Occupation	Educator, civil rights activist, inventor
Known for	Principal of the Institute for Colored Youth

Hugh Mason Browne (1851–1923) was an American educator and civil rights activist who served as principal of the Institute for Colored Youth (now the Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) from 1902 to 1913. A proponent of vocational education who was active in the NAACP and philosophically aligned with Booker T. Washington, Browne oversaw the move of the Institute for Colored Youth from urban Philadelphia to rural Cheyney and founded a teacher training school at the new location. A graduate of Howard University and the Princeton Theological Seminary, Browne taught at Liberia College and Hampton University. He invented a device to stop wastewater from flowing back into homes, receiving a patent for his invention on April 29, 1890.