J. Wood (James Wood) Brown

James Wood Brown wrote historical and religious nonfiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is credited on The Covenanters of the Merse (1893), a study of the history and suffering of the Covenanters in the Scottish Borders, and on The Dominican Church of Santa Maria Novella at Florence (1902), an architectural and artistic study.

Published records for these books identify him as J. Wood Brown (James Wood Brown), and one edition describes him as Rev. J. Wood Brown, suggesting that he was a clergyman as well as an author. His surviving work shows a strong interest in church history, religious conflict, and the cultural life of Christian institutions.

While easily confirmed biographical details about his personal life are scarce, his books still give a clear sense of his range: careful historical research on Scotland on one hand, and close attention to European sacred art and architecture on the other.