Chris Browne

Chris Browne

Chris is a retired medical researcher who spent most of his working life at Monash University. He has been a book collector for more than 50 years and has put together during that time a personal library of nearly 15,000 books. His main interests are 19th and early 20th century English literature, children’s books and fine illustrated books. He has particularly strong collections of Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, and Rudyard Kipling.

Talk: A young persons guide to book collecting 

Talk: Leaping the Barrier

Talk: Now we are Ten
Tour: Meet me at the book fair