Scottish botanist (1773-1858), discoverer of the cell nucleus and of Brownian Motion

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Robert Brown. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.

Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.

Robert Brown. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1850.

Robert Brown. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841.

Robert Brown. Lithograph by D. Castellini after C. E. Liverati, 1841.

Robert Brown. Line engraving by C. Fox, 1837, after H. W. Pickersgill.

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.

Jupiter Botanicus : Robert Brown of the British Museum / by D.J. Mabberley.

Supplementary observations on the fecundation of Orchideae and Asclepiadeae / by Robert Brown.

Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum / quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus, auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis.

The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown / [Robert Brown].

Additional remarks on the pollen mass in Asclepiadeae.

Observations on the organs and mode of fecundation in Orchideae and Asclepiadeae / by Robert Brown.

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Robert Brown

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Works from the collections

Supplementary observations on the fecundation of Orchideae and Asclepiadeae / by Robert Brown.

The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown / [Robert Brown].

Additional remarks on the pollen mass in Asclepiadeae.

Observations on the organs and mode of fecundation in Orchideae and Asclepiadeae / by Robert Brown.

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Robert Brown

Images from the collections

Images featuring Robert Brown

Works from the collections

Supplementary observations on the fecundation of Orchideae and Asclepiadeae / by Robert Brown.

The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown / [Robert Brown].

Additional remarks on the pollen mass in Asclepiadeae.

Observations on the organs and mode of fecundation in Orchideae and Asclepiadeae / by Robert Brown.

Frequent collaborators

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