Brown was born in Annan, Scotland, and educated at Annan Academy and Dumfries Academy, before studying at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at the London School of Economics (LSE).
Academy Awards | United States Military Academy | Russian Academy of Sciences | National Academy of Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | United States Naval Academy | United States Air Force Academy | Royal Academy of Music | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Phillips Academy | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Phillips Exeter Academy | Chinese Academy of Sciences | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | National Academy of Engineering | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Academy of Fine Arts | British Academy | Academy Award for Best Picture | Dumfries | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | Polish Academy of Sciences | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | New York Academy of Sciences | Academy Award for Best Original Song | Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts | Sibelius Academy | National Defence Academy |
The other finalists were Emma Robertson and Catherine Lovegrove of Morrison's Academy who were the runners-up and also St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School and Dumfries Academy.