caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date signature image article_title birth_name
brownson . in 1863 , by g. p. a. healy 17 april 1876 detroit , united states stockbridge , vermont , united states american orestes brownson 16 september 1803 signature of orestes brownson.jpg orestes -rrb- . jpg brownson by gpa healy , 1863 -lrb- detail orestes brownson
 orestes augustus brownson
orestes brownson

orestes augustus brownson -lrb- 16 september 1803 -- 17 april 1876 -rrb- was a new england intellectual and activist , preacher , labor organizer , and noted catholic convert and writer .
brownson was a publicist , a career which spanned his affiliation with the new england transcendentalists through his subsequent conversion to roman catholicism .
