Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: James Graham Brown ( August 18 , 1881 â '' March 20 , 1969 ) was an American businessman and real estate developer best known as the builder of the Brown Hotel in Louisville , Kentucky and for his philanthropy .
Simplified: James Graham Brown ( August 18 , 1881 â '' March 20 , 1969 ) was an American businessman and philantropist . He was a hotel owner in Louisville , Kentucky .