Brown, Robert

B. 1550, D. 1630; he was the founder of the sect of the BROWNISTS, q. v. Brown, ROBERT, a Scotch botanist, B. at Montrose, Creek. Surface , tolerably level; mixed timbered land and prairie. Soil , productive. County-town, Mount Sterling. Brown, in Indiana , a county in the S. central part of the State, area 320 sq. m., watered by the Salt and Bean Blo om creeks. Surface , undulating. Soil , fertile. Car. Nashville. 1773. Having studied medicine, he became, in 1795, -A township of Hancock co. a istant-surgeon in a Scottish Fencible regiment. De--A township of Hendricks co. voting himself to the study of botany, he resigned his -A township of Martin co. commi ion in 1800, and the following year was, on the -A township of Montgomery co., 12 m. 8.S.W. of Craw- recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, engaged as natufordsville. ralist in the expedition sent out under Captain Flinders -A township of Morgan co. for the survey of the Australian coasts. On his return -A township of Ripley co. in 1805, he brought home nearly 4,000 species of Austra- -A township of Washington co. Brown, in low a , a township of Linn co. Brown, in Kansas , a N.E. county, on the confines of Nebraska, with an area of about 650 sq. m.; watered by the S. fork of the Nemaha, and the Gra hopper and Wolf rivers. Surface, varied. Soil , fertile. Cap . Hia- watha. Brown, in Michigan, a township of Manistee coun ty. Brown, in Minnesota, a S. county; area, 450 sq. m.; watered by the Minnesota and Big Cottonwood rivers. Surface, diversified, Soil , excellent. County-town, New Ulm. lian plants, a large proportion of which were new to science. Soon after, he was appointed librarian to the Linnæan Society. To the Transactions of the Edinburgh Wernerian Society, and those of the Linnæan Society, he contributed memoirs on Asclepiadeæ and Proteacea, and published Prodromus Flora Nova Holland iæ et Insulæ Van Diemen's, vol. i. 1810; a supplement to this work appeared in 1830, relating to the Proteaceæ only. He also wrote the General Remarks , Geographical and Systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis, attached to the narrative of Captain Flinders's expedition, 1814. His adoption of the natural system of Ju ieu, the French botanist, led to its general substitution in place of the Linnæan method. B.'s numerous memoirs in Transactions of societies, and other contributions to botanical science, secured for universal approval the title conferred on him by Alexander von Humboldt of Botanicorum facile Princeps. In 1810, B. received the charge of the library and splendid scientific collections of Sir Joseph Banks, which, in 1827, were transferred to the British Museum, when he was appointed keeper of the botanical department in that establishment. In 1811, he was elected F.R.8.; in 1832, -A township of Franklin co. D.C.L., of Oxford; and in 1833 was elected one of the 18 -A township of Knox co. foreign a ociates of the Academy of Sciences of the In- -A township of Miami co. stitute of France. In 1839, the Royal Society awarded -A township of Paulding co. him their Copley medal for his Discoveries during a Se--A township of Vinton co. ries of Years on the Subject of Vegetable Impregnation. Brown, in Pennsylvania, a township of Lycoming He was president of the Linnæan Society from 1849 to 1853. D. 1858.