Robert Mackenzie Johnston
Australian notanist, statistician, zoologist, ichthyologist, and paleontologist
About Robert Mackenzie Johnston
Lived 1843 – 1918 (aged 74). Robert Mackenzie Johnston was a botanist, statistician, zoologist, ichthyologist, paleontologist and botanical collector.
Robert Mackenzie Johnston F.L.S., (27 November 1843 – 20 April 1918) was a Scottish-Australian statistician and scientist.
Early life Johnston was born at Petty near Inverness, Scotland, the son of Lachlan Johnstone,
He also was the author of "Descriptive Catalogue of Tasmanian Fishes" (Hobart, 1882).
Legacy Johnston died at Hobart on 20 April 1918 of heart disease. Johnston received the Imperial Service Order in 1903 and was fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia and honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of London.
Species named in honor of Robert Mackenzie Johnston include the fish: Johnston's weedfish, Heteroclinus johnstoni, and the Tasmanian yellow gum Eucalyptus johnstonii.
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Australian notanist, statistician, zoologist, ichthyologist, and paleontologist (1843-1918)
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Robert Mackenzie Johnston was born on 27 November 1843.
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Robert Mackenzie Johnston died on 20 April 1918.
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Robert Mackenzie Johnston was a botanist, statistician, zoologist, ichthyologist, paleontologist and botanical collector.
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