Robert Braithwaite (bryologist)

Robert Braithwaite

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 Lindb. in 1872 (from the Hypnodendraceae family) which was published in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. Vol.10: on page 250 in 1872.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Braithw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ "BRAITHWAITE, Robert". Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Mark Lawley. "ROBERT BRAITHWAITE (1824-1917)" (PDF). Rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Sphagnaceae Britannicae exsiccatae, edidit R. Braithwaite: IndExs ExsiccataID=2075578239". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Braithw.

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