Brotherus is a surname used first around 1600 by Stephan Sigfridi Brotherus who was a priest in the town of Vantaa in Finland.
Elina Brotherus is one of the well-known photographers coming out of the Helsinki School.
Jatta named a species of lichen in honour of Weymouth called Ochrolechia weymouthii, and Brotherus named the moss genus Weymouthia.