Edmund Vere (E.V.) (Ted) Brown was born July 31, 1900 and was one of the original students when Appleby College opened in September 1911. He attended Appleby until he graduated in June 1916. He enlisted and was a cadet with the Royal Air Force during World War 1. He graduated from McGill University with a degree in Engineering. In September 1924 he returned to Appleby as a Master and taught history and later mathematics until he left in June 1932 to become Headmaster of the Junior School at Ridley College. During his time at Appleby, he initiated ‘Sunday Hikes’ for the boys on campus as well as running a summer camp at Farlane, in Northern Ontario at Red Deer Lake.
In June 1926 he married Ailsa Maclver and his children, Carol and Timothy were born in 1929 and 1934 respectively. In the summer of 1930, E.V. Brown had a small cottage constructed on campus for his growing family.
He died May 7, 1971.