Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BROWN, RAWDON LUBBOCK. _b._ 1803; lived at Venice 1833 to death; commissioned by Lord Palmerston to calendar Venetian state papers treating of English history 1862 for which purpose he examined twelve million packets of documents in North Italy; author of _Calendar of state papers and manuscripts relating to English affairs existing in the archives and collections of Venice and of other libraries of Northern Italy 8 vols._ 1864–84. _d._ Casa della Vida, Venice 25 Aug. 1883. _Times 29 Aug., 8 Sep. and 13 Sep. 1883_; _Athenæum 8 Sep. 1883 p._ 307. BROWN, ROBERT (_2 son of Rev. James Brown, Episcopalian minister of Montrose_). _b._ Montrose 21 Dec. 1773; ed. at Marischal coll. Aberdeen and Univ. of Edin.; naturalist to H.M.S. Investigator under Flinders 1801–5 when he collected nearly 4000 species of dried plants; librarian to Linnæan Society 1805–20; custodian of library and collections of Sir Joseph Banks 1810–20; keeper of Banksian botanical collection at British Museum 1827 to death; F.R.S. 12 Dec. 1811, Copley medallist 1839; F.L.S. 1822, pres. 1849 to May 1853; one of the 8 foreign associates of French Academy of Sciences 1833; an honorary member of every academy in Europe; granted a civil list pension of £200, 14 Sep. 1843; author of _Prodromus Floræ Novæ Hollandiæ et insulæ Van Diemen_ 1810; _Vermischte botanische Schriften_, _ed. by C. G. Nees von Esenbeck 5 vols._ 1825–34. _d._ 17 Dean st. Soho, London 10 June 1858. _Proc. of Royal Soc. ix_, 527–32 (1858); _Proc. of Linnæan Soc._ (1859) 25–30; _Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xxix_, 115–19 (1859); _I.L.N. xxxiii_, 29 (1858), _portrait_. BROWN, REV. ROBERT CHRISTOPHER LUNDIN (_son of Rev. Robert Brown, minister of Largo_). ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.A. 1854; missionary in British Columbia 1860–5; V. of Lineal Salop 1869–74; P.C. of Rhodes near Manchester 1874–5; author of _British Columbia_ 1863; _The dead in Christ_ 1868; _Klatsassan_ 1873; _The life of Peace_