LC control no. | n 83208545 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Brown, Robert, 1842-1895 |
Other standard no. | Q4269338 |
Located | London (England) |
Birth date | 1842-03-23 |
Death date | 1895-10-26 |
Place of birth | Caithness (Scotland) |
Profession or occupation | Botanists Naturalists Explorers Science writers |
Found in | The 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 language | eng |