3n flftemoriam. 



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ROBERT BRA1THWAITE. 



Born at Ruswarp, 10th May, 1824. 

 Died in London, 20th October, 1917. 



By the decease of Robert Braithwaite at the ripe age of 

 ninety-three, bryological science has lost one of the greatest 



of her votaries and Yorkshire one of the most distinguished 

 of her sons. 



Born at Ruswarp, near Whitby, on the 10th of May, 1824, 

 lie was not the least brilliant of the galaxy of botanists who 

 have sprung from the soil of North-East Yorkshire, the worth}' 

 contemporary of such men as Spruce, Massee, Stabler, Ibbetson, 

 to name but a few of those who have passed away, and whose 

 survivors still remain in the honoured names of Matthew B. 

 Slater and John Gilbert Baker. 



1917 Nov. 1. 



