About Robert Braithwaite
Lived 1824 – 1917 (aged 93). Robert Braithwaite was a British naturalist, botanist, bryologist, explorer and physician.
Robert Braithwaite FLS FRMS (10 May 1824 – 20 October 1917) was an English bryologist. 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).
He was honoured in Braithwaitea in 1872 (from the Hypnodendraceae family) which was published in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. Vol.10: on page 250 in 1872.
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Who was Robert Braithwaite?
British biologist (1824–1917)
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Robert Braithwaite was born on 10 May 1824.
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Robert Braithwaite died on 20 October 1917 in Lambeth.
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Robert Braithwaite was a naturalist, botanist, bryologist, explorer and physician.
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Robert Braithwaite was British.
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