Frederick Brown MA DAN

a.k.a. F./F.B./Fred/Fredric/Fredrick/Frederic
B./C. Madan/MaDan/Ma Dan

illustrator, painter

b. February 10, 1885
Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA

m. Rach(a)el May Thompson
b. March 18/19, 1888, Brooklyn, d. ?

d. December 26/27, 1947
Irvington, Greenburgh, Westchester, NY, USA[*]

cause: accidental carbon-monoxide
poisoning in car during heavy snowstorm[*]

interment: Ferncliff Mausoleum, Westchester, NY[*]

children:

Frederick R./C.
b. ~1914, NY

Gerard P./H.
b. ~ 1917, NY

parents:

Robert Ma Dan
b. ~1848, USA

Catherine M./Matilda
b. ~1855, USA

siblings:

Maud, b. ~1874

education:

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

occupation:

cover artist

newspaper/magazine illustrator
New York American, Saturday Evening Post,
Sun, Telegram, World, etc.

portrait painter

poster artist

membership:

Artists and Writers Club

Society of Illustrators

military:

WWI: draft Sep 1918

WWII: draft 1942, Lieutenant, USNR

residence:

13 86th St 7th Ave, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn (1900)
Brooklyn, Kings, New York (1892, 1905/15/20/25)
1022 84 St, Brooklyn, New York (1918, 1929-32)
Cedar Lawn Rd, Irvington, Greenburgh, Westchester, NY (1940)

signature:

F.MaDan
F.MADAN
F.B.MaDan
F.B.MADAN

bibliography:

F.B.MADAN:

Tarquinius Superbus, or, The Last of the Roman Kings,
A. J. Epstein, Mutual Publishing Co., New York, 1901

From the Alamo to San Jacinto, or, The Grito,
Moncure Lyne, R. F. Fenno & Co., New York, 1904

F. B. Ma Dan:

The Gates of Life, Bram Stoker,
Cupples & Leon Co., New York, 1908

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* The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N. Y.,
Monday, December 29, 1947, p. 2, cols. B & F


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