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| Robert Brown |
| Family
Name: |
Brown |
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Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Robert |
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| DOB |
21 December 1773
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DOD |
10 June 1858 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Montrose, Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
London, England |
| Age
at Death: |
84
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Botanist
Explorer
Librarian |
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| Voyages:
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HMS "Investigator" arr. NSW 8 May 1802
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
1801
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Date
of Departure: |
1805 |
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| Addresses:
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Scotland
Ireland 1795
New South Wales 1802
London 1805 onwards |
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon, Fifeshire Regiment of Fencibles, 1795
Naturalist on "Investigator" 1801-1805
President of the Linnaean Society |
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| Notes:
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The most famous botanist of his day
Circumnavigated Australia with Matthew Flinders 1802-3. Travelled extensively in Australia.
Brunonia australia, Brunoniella spp. and Rumex brownii named after him
He was one of two discoverers of Brownian motion, the random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a fluid, named after him |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Dictionary of National Biography
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, 10th ed. Wiley, 2008
Cleland JB. Naturalist in medicine with particular reference to Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 1950;i:549-63
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Robert Brown, naturalist of Flinders's Investigator. Medical Journal of Australia 1974;ii:118
Late Dr Robert Brown. Sydney Morning Herald 20 August 1858 [reproduces a long obituary from The Times] |
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