| Authorised form of name | Brown; Robert (1773 - 1858) |
| Surname | Brown |
| Forenames | Robert |
| Dates | 1773 - 1858 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Montrose (21 December 1773)
Death:
London (10 June 1858) |
| Activity | Profession:
Surgeon
Research Field:
Botany
Education:
Marischal College, Aberdeen; Edinburgh University; studied medicine. SCL (1832)
Career:
Double commission as Ensign and Assistant Surgeon, Fifeshire regiment of fencible infantry; accepted from Sir Joseph Banks a post as naturalist on an expedition to survey the coast of New Holland (1801-1805); returned to England with 4000 specimens; Librarian, Linnean Society; Librarian to Sir Joseph Banks (1810-1820); Banks bequeathed to Brown his home in Soho Square and his collections; Brown agreed to transfer Banks' collections to the British Museum, and was appointed Keeper of the collection (1827); discovered Brownian motion (1827); received Prussian Order pour le merite; discovered the nucleus of the vegetable cell |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
12/12/1811
Medals/Prizes:
Copley Medal 1839
Council:
VP 1843-1844 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev James Brown, Episcopalian Minister |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 527-532 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/34572082 |
| Royal Society code | NA7438 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1811/18 | Brown, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| DM/1/22 | Letter from Robert Brown, Dean Street, to P M Roget | 10 March 1831 |
| AP/8/2 | Unpublished paper, 'An attempt to illustrate a mathematical connection between the parts of vegetables' by William Allman | [1811] |
| MS/682/10 | Letter from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, to [James] Sowerby, Mead Place, Lambeth | 14 May 1812 |
| IM/000608 | Brown, Robert | 19 September 1895 |
| NLB/13/342 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 29 July 1896 |
| IM/000610 | Brown, Robert | c 1837 |
| IM/000609 | Brown, Robert | 1850 |
| MC/2/61 | Letter from Robert Brown, Dean Street, Soho, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society | 24 October 1832 |
| MC/4/197 | Letter from Charles [Dietrich Eberhard] Konig, [Keeper of department of minerals at the] British Museum, to Robert Brown, [Keeper of the department of botany at the British Museum] | 10 December 1847 |
| MC/4/342 | Letter from Robert Brown, 17 Dean Street, Soho, to [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society | 11 April 1850 |
| AP/8/2/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'An attempt to illustrate a mathematical connection between the parts of vegetables' by William Allman | [1811] |
| AP/8/2/2 | Unpublished diagrams, three-dimensional geometric shapes by [William Allman] | [1811] |
| AP/8/2/3 | Unpublished drawings, cellular structure and tissue by [William Allman] | [1811] |