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Robert Brown

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

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Field of work
Botany
Microscopy
Plant physiology
Cryptogams

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Images featuring Robert Brown

7 images from works
  • Robert Brown. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.
  • 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. Lithograph by D. Castellini after C. E. Liverati, 1841.
  • Robert Brown. Line engraving by C. Fox, 1837, after H. W. Pickersgill.
  • Robert Brown. Line engraving by C. Fox, 1837, after H. W. Pickersgill.

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8 works

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    • Online

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

    Robert Brown | Date: [1833]
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    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.

    Robert Brown | Date: 1827
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    The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown / [Robert Brown].

    Robert Brown | Date: 1866-1868
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    Additional remarks on the pollen mass in Asclepiadeae.

    Robert Brown | Date: [1831]
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    Observations on the organs and mode of fecundation in Orchideae and Asclepiadeae / by Robert Brown.

    Robert Brown | Date: 1831
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Frequent collaborators

Royal College of Surgeons of England
Owen, Richard, Sir, 1804-1892

Related topics

Botany
Apocynaceae

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