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Brown, Robert, 1842-1895

LC control no.n 83208545
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Personal name headingBrown, Robert, 1842-1895
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Other standard no.Q4269338
LocatedLondon (England)
Birth date1842-03-23
Death date1895-10-26
Place of birthCaithness (Scotland)
Profession or occupationBotanists Naturalists Explorers Science writers
Found inThe Bibliography of the Barbary States, 1971 (a.e.) v. 1, t.p. (Dr. Robert Brown; M.A., F.L.S.)
LC data base, 8-26-83 (hdg.: Brown, Robert, 1842-1895)
Wikipedia, viewed October 22, 2023: Robert Brown [botanist, born 1842] page (Robert Brown; born 23 March 1842 in Camster, Caithness; studied at the universities of Edinburgh, Leyden, Copenhagen, and Rostock; visited Greenland, Baffin Bay, islands of the Pacific and the Venezuelan, Alaskan, and Bering shores; led an expedition to map the interior of Vancouver Island; lecturer on geology, botany, and zoology in Edinburgh and Glasgow; from 1876, worked as a freelance autor and journalist; wrote on botany, zoology, geology, and geography for both learned and popular audiences; died 26 October 1895)
Associated languageeng