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Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.
Jun 6, 2024 · Robert Brown (born December 21, 1773, Montrose, Angus, Scotland—died June 10, 1858, London, England) was a Scottish botanist best known for his descriptions of cell nuclei and of the continuous motion of minute particles in solution, which came to be called Brownian motion.
Robert Brown was a leading botanist in his era, very well respected for his excellence in science, and the naturalist on board the HMS Navigator on the historic Flinders voyage to Australia (New Holland) in 1801.
Robert Brown was a botanist from Scotland who was a pioneer in microscopy. He was among the first botanists to describe the nucleus of cells while he also discovered Brownian motion. He was also highly influential in paleobotany, the study of prehistoric plant life.
Robert Brown, or more accurately Brown, was born on December 21, 1773, in Montrose, Scotland. His father was a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church, who abandoned his church and pledged loyalty to King George III due to his strong Jacobite beliefs.
Nature’s Investigator: The Diary of Robert Brown in Australia, 1801-1805. ABRS: Canberra. Robert Brown was ‘Britain’s greatest botanist’, a noted plant taxonomist, microscopist, and pioneer of Australian botany and plant geography.
Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.
