Mathematician:Robert Brown
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Mathematician
Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.
His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming.
The first to observe what is now known as Brownian motion.
Nationality
Scottish
History
- Born: 21 December 1773 in Montrose, Scotland
- Died: 10 June 1858 in London, England
Theorems and Definitions
Definitions of concepts named for Robert Brown can be found here.
Publications
- 1828: A brief account of microscopical observations made on the particles contained in the pollen of plants