Robert Brown (December 21, 1773-June 10, 1858) is acknowledged as the leading British botanist to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century. Brown was born in Montrose, Scotland on 21 December 1773. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he was a classmate of Thomas Dick. He joined the army as a surgeon in 1795. Wikipedia
Much interest has focussed on Brown's first observations of Brownian Movement* in 1827. His discovery of the phenomenon has been widely misunderstood. It has been believed that Brown's attention was directed to movement of pollen grains themselves ( 1) www.brianjford.com/wbbrowna.htm
... Morphology Classics - Robert Brown on the embryo development of Coniferae Morphology Classics - Robert Brown on the female flower in Cycadeae and Coniferae Scientific Classics - ... sciweb.nybg.org/science2/Profile_8.asp
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