Robert Braithwaite (bryologist) explained

Robert Braithwaite FLS FRMS (10 May 1824 – 20 October 1917)[1] was an English bryologist.[2] 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).[2] He served as President of the Quekett Microscopical Club from 1872 to 1873. In 1877 Braithwaite edited the exsiccata-like series Sphagnaceae Britannicae exsiccatae, edidit R. Braithwaite.[3]

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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BRAITHWAITE, Robert. Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 2007. 23 March 2014.
  2. Web site: ROBERT BRAITHWAITE (1824-1917). Mark Lawley. Rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk. 25 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606161454/http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Learning/Bryohistory/Bygone%20Bryologists/ROBERT%20BRAITHWAITE.pdf. 6 June 2012.
  3. Web site: Sphagnaceae Britannicae exsiccatae, edidit R. Braithwaite: IndExs ExsiccataID=2075578239 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 16 July 2024.
  4. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.

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