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Robert Braithwaite (bryologist)

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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).[3]

The standard author abbreviation Braithw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ^ ‘BRAITHWAITE, Robert’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 23 March 2014
  2. ^ http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/learning/bryohistory/Bygone%20Bryologists/ROBERT%20BRAITHWAITE.pdf
  3. ^ http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/learning/bryohistory/History%20of%20British%20Bryology.pdf
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Braithw.

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