Robert Brown

✶December 21, 1773

†June 10, 1858

No one has lit a candle yet. Be the first.

About their life

Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming; the observation of Brownian motion; early work on plant pollination and fertilisation, including being the first to recognise the fundamental difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms; and some of the earliest studies in palynology. He also made numerous contributions to plant taxonomy, notably erecting a number of plant families that are still accepted today; and numerous Australian plant genera and species, the fruit of his exploration of that continent with Matthew Flinders.

British botanist (1773-1858), discoverer of the cell nucleus and of Brownian Motion (1773–1858)

☆ Follow

Biography from the article Robert Brown on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.