Biography:Robert Braithwaite (bryologist)
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Short description: British bryologist (1824–1917)
Robert Braithwaite FLS FRMS (10 May 1824 – 20 October 1917)[1] was an English bryologist.[2] He worked professionally as a general practitioner. He married Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, who influenced him. His best known contributions to bryology were his 3-volume The British Moss-Flora (1887–1905).[2] He served as President of the Quekett Microscopical Club from 1872 to 1873.
He was honoured in Braithwaitea Lindb. in 1872 (from the Hypnodendraceae family) which was published in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. Vol.10: on page 250 in 1872.[3]
References
- ↑ "BRAITHWAITE, Robert". Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 2007. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U193850. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mark Lawley. "ROBERT BRAITHWAITE (1824-1917)". Rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606161454/http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Learning/Bryohistory/Bygone%20Bryologists/ROBERT%20BRAITHWAITE.pdf. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ↑ IPNI, Braithw., http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Braithw.
External links
- Works by Robert Braithwaite at Project Gutenberg
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