Robert Brown
Born on 21st of December 1773
Died on 10th of June 1858
Born 1773. Died 1858 - Scottish botanist.
Appointed naturalist to Matthew Flinder’s coastal survey of Australia in 1801-05. In charge of Joseph Bank’s library and collection of plants. Botanical keeper of British Museum in 1827. First to note that in general living cells have a nucleus. Noted movement of fine particles in a liquid, named the Brownian movement.
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