Alfred Lawson Brown

Alfred Lawson Brown

Alfred Lawson Brown (1927 – 28 August 2006) was Edwards Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow from 1973 to 1978. He succeeded Lionel Stones in this position. Brown was a specialist in English government of the 14th and 15th centuries.

Selected publications

• Select Documents of English Constitutional History, 1307–1485, A & C Black, London, 1961. (with S. B. Chrimes)
• The Early History of the Clerkship of the Council, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 1969. ISBN 085261005X
• The Governance of Late Medieval England, 1272–1461, Edward Arnold, London, 1989. ISBN 0713163801 (The Governance of England No. 3)
• The University of Glasgow, 1451–1996, Edinburgh University Press for the University of Glasgow, c. 1996. (With Michael Moss)