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unusual facts about Robert Brown



Anacardiaceae

Robert Brown described a subset of Terebintaceae called Cassuvlæ or Anacardeæ in 1818, using the herbarium that was collected by Christen Smith during a fated expedition headed by James Kingston Tuckey to explore the River Congo.

Banksia repens

Robert Brown was familiar with Labillardière's work when he arrived in Australia on the HMS Investigator under Matthew Flinders in late 1801.

Brownian motion

Jan Ingenhousz had described the irregular motion of coal dust particles on the surface of alcohol in 1785 — nevertheless the discovery is often credited to the botanist Robert Brown in 1827.

Caladenia

The genus was described by Robert Brown in 1810 from specimens that he sighted in most Australian states, as a member of Matthew Flinders' mapping and exploration voyage that circumnavigated Australia.

Clarkia pulchella

Clarkia pulchella is most famous for its use by botanist Robert Brown in the discovery of Brownian motion.

David Don

In 1938 the London County Council marked Don at 32 Soho Square with a rectangular stone plaque, commemorating him as well as botanists Joseph Banks and Robert Brown and meetings of the Linnean Society.

Franklandia

A description of Franklandia fucifolia was published in Robert Brown's 1810 paper On the Proteaceae of Jussieu, naming the genus after the botanist Thomas Frankland.

Gesneriaceae

Botanists who have made significant contributions to the systematics of the family are George Bentham, Robert Brown, B.L. Burtt, C.B. Clarke, Olive Mary Hilliard, Joseph Dalton Hooker, William Jackson Hooker, Karl Fritsch, Elmer Drew Merrill, Harold E. Moore, Jr., John L. Clark, Conrad Vernon Morton, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Laurence Skog, W.T. Wang, Anton Weber, and Hans Wiehler.

Margaret Gatty

She corresponded with many of the greatest marine biologists of her day including George Busk and Robert Brown.

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2003–2007

Robert Brown was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 3 May.

Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War

Survivors of the British Prison Ships include the poet Philip Freneau, and Congressman Robert Brown.

Soft-paste porcelain

Recipes were closely guarded, as illustrated by the story of Robert Brown, a founding partner in the Lowestoft factory, who is said to have hidden in a barrel in Bow to observe the mixing of their porcelain.

Tetrodontium brownianum

It is named after Robert Brown, the Scottish botanist who first discovered the plant growing at Roslin near Edinburgh in the late 18th century whilst still a student.


see also

Atari Video Music

The Atari Video Music was introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1976, and designed by the initiator of the home version of Pong, Robert Brown.

Mary Pearl Willis Foundation

To mark the 30th year anniversary of the deaths, a memorial listing the names of all identified victims, which includes Congressman Leo Ryan, Robert Brown (NBC camera man), Don Harris (NBC reporter) and Greg Robinson (San Francisco Examiner photographer) was unveiled at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California.