Surname: Brown Forename(s): Ford Madox b. 16 April 1821. d. 6 October 1893. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Major Pre-Raphaelite painter and illustrator. Father of Emma Lucy Madox Brown. Lifelong
friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who was first briefly his student. As an admirer
of William Hogarth, he founded the Hogarth Club in 1858 to be an informal version
of the Royal Academy, with members including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris,
and Edward Burne-Jones. Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)