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John Porter Brown was a diplomat who served at the American Legation in Constantinople from 1832 to 1872. This is a brief account of his diplomatic career and largely forgotten contribution to early American orientalism.

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This page is a summary of: John Porter Brown, Early American Orientalist (1814–1872), Journal of the American Oriental Society, September 2021, American Oriental Society,
DOI: 10.7817/jameroriesoci.140.1.0183.
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