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Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.
- Botany
- Brownian motion, Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
Nov 21, 2023 · Robert Brown contributed to the cell theory through his detailed description of the plant cell nuclei. He also coined the term ''nucleus,'' which scientists still use today.
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May 27, 2023 · Robert Brown’s meticulous microscopic observations revolutionized our understanding of plant cells. In 1831, he discovered the presence of a dense structure within cells, which he termed the “cell nucleus” .
Sep 25, 2017 · When it was first proposed in the early 1830s, the cell theory had two main components; the cell is the basic functional and structural unit of all living things and all living things are made of one or more cells.
Robert Brown FRS FRSE FLS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist . Brown made important contributions to botany by using the microscope. He made an early description of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming. He saw Brownian motion in pollen grains. [1] . He did early work on plant pollination and fertilisation. [2]
- 21 December 1773, Montrose, Scotland
- Brownian motion, Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
- 10 June 1858 (aged 84), London, England
Robert Brown, FRS, lived from 21 December 1773 to 10 June 1858. He was a botanist best known for his work in Australia, and he was also one of the first to observe the phenomenon since called Brownian motion.
Although the term 'cell' had been coined in 1665 during the English scientist Robert Hooke's early application of the microscope to biology, the building blocks of life were still considered to be the 21 tissues of Bichat, a concept described by the French physician Xavier Bichat.
