Person    | Male  Born 1773  Died 1858

Robert Brown

Categories: Science

Countries: Scotland

Robert Brown

Botanist. Born Montrose, Scotland.

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Robert Brown

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Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820, President of the Royal Society, Robert Brown, 17...

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Sir Andrew Ramsay

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EC1, Newgate Street

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Mrs Heywood Smith

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Connected to the Salvation Army Citadel, Ronalds Road in 1890.  We think it's likely that this lady was wife to the Dr Heywood Smith who was one of the colleagues of W. T. Stead when he was accused...

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1 memorial