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Brown, Robert — born Dec. 21, 1773, Montrose, Angus, Scot. died June 10, 1858, London, Eng. Scottish botanist. The son of a clergyman, he studied medicine in Aberdeen and Edinburgh before entering the British army as an ensign and assistant surgeon (1795). He… … Universalium
Brown , Robert — (1773–1858) British botanist Brown, a clergyman s son from Montrose, Scotland, studied medicine at Edinburgh University. He joined the Fifeshire Regiment of Fencibles in 1795 and served five years in Ireland as a medical officer. During a visit… … Scientists
Brown, Robert Hanbury — ▪ 2003 British astronomer (b. Aug. 31, 1916, Aravankadu, India d. Jan. 16, 2002, Andover, Hampshire, Eng.), overcame scientific hurdles and the skepticism of his colleagues in the 1950s to invent the optical intensity spectrometer, a… … Universalium
BROWN, Robert (1773-1858) — botanist was born at Montrose, Scotland, on 21 December 1773, the second son of the Rev. James Brown, Episcopalian minister at Montrose, and Helen, daughter of the Rev. Robert Taylor. He was educated at the Grammar School at Montrose, and in 1787 … Dictionary of Australian Biography
Brown, Robert Delford — (1930 Portland, Colorado ) (USA) Pop and performance artist. Studied at Long Beach College and UCLA. Studied under Howard Warshaw. In the late 1970s he produced erotic tapestries and sometimes uses porno imagery in his works. Reproductions … Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators
Brown, Robert — ► (1773 1858) Botánico británico. Descubrió el movimiento browniano. Estudió la flora australiana. * * * (21 dic. 1773, Montrose, Angus, Escocia.–10 jun. 1858, Londres, Inglaterra) Botánico escocés. Hijo de un clérigo, estudió medicina en… … Enciclopedia Universal
BROWN, ROBERT — a distinguished botanist, born at Montrose, son of an Episcopal clergyman; accompanied an expedition to survey the coast of Australia in 1801, returned after four years exploration, with 4000 plants mostly new to science, which he classified… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Robert Brown (botanist) — Robert Brown FRS (21 December, 1773 ndash; 10 June, 1858) was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botanist to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century. He also is credited with the first observation of… … Wikipedia
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Robert brown (botaniste) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Robert Brown. Robert Brown … Wikipédia en Français
