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M.A., 1816. Rector of Allesley. ' Nuga> Helvetica?,' 1856. 

 Contributed to 'Phytologist,' 'Mag. Nat. Hist.,' 'Ann. & Mag.,' 

 &c. F. L. Colvile, ■ Worthies of Warwickshire.' E. S. G. i. 

 593; Journ. Bot. 1863, 160; Mag. Nat. Hist. 1831, 29, 162; 

 Ann. & Mag. vi. (1841), 401; Preface to Haworth's ' Saxi- 

 fragarum,' xiii. 



Brewer, Samuel (before 1700 ?-c. 1742) : b. Trowbridge, Wilts ; 

 d. Bierley, Bradford, Yorkshire, after 1742 ; bur. Cleck-Heaton, 

 Yorkshire. Lived at Bangor, and from 1727 in Yorkshire. 

 Became gardener to Duke of Beaufort at Badminton. Collected 

 for Dillenius. Wrote MS. ' Botanical Journey through Wales' 

 (in Bot. Dept., Brit. Mas.). Herb, bought for £20 by Richard 

 Richardson, jun. Pult. ii. 188-9; Pritz. 40; Rich. Corr. ; 

 Nich. Ulust. i. 261, 288 ; Cash, 5 ; Baker, « Fathers of Yorkshire 



Botany'; Diet. Nat. Biog. vi. 295. Helta nthemum Breurri. 

 Breweria R. Br. 



Bridges, Thomas (1807-1865): b. Lilly, Herts, May 22nd, 1807; 

 d. in the Pacific, 9th November, 1865 ; bur. Lone Mt. Cemetery, 

 San Francisco. Son-in-law of Hugh Cuming. Kew Collector 

 in Chili, Peru, Bolivia, and California, 1827-1865. F.L.S. 

 Introduced Victoria regia. Pritz. 40; Proc. California Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. iii. 1866, 236 ; R. S. C. vii. 259 ; Gard. Cliron. 1865, 

 1226 ; Journ. Bot. 1834, 177 ; 1837, 64 ; 1845, 571 ; 1866, 64; 

 Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. viii. BriJgesia Hook. = Pohjachgrm Lag. 

 Bruhjesia Hook. & Arn. = Errilla A. Juss. Bridgesia Cambess. 



Brightwell, Thomas (1787-1868) : b. Ipswich, 18th March, 1787 ; 

 d. Norwich, 17th November, 1868. Solicitor and Mayor of 

 Norwich. F.L.S., 1821. ' Fauna Infusoria for East Norfolk,' 

 1848. « Triceratium,* 1853. 'Memorials,' 1869. Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. vi. 340. 



Brittain, Thomas (1806-1884) : b. Shenield, 2nd January, 1806 ; 

 d. Urmston, Lancashire, 23rd January, 1884. President, 

 Manchester Microscopical Society, 1882. ' Micro-fungi,' 1882. 

 Gard. Chron. 1884, i. 155 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vi. 359. 



Brodie, James (fl. 1800). Of that ilk. Discovered Moneses. 

 F.L.S. , 1795. E. B. 146. Brodiaa Sm. = Hooker* Salisb. 



Brodigan, Thomas (fl. 1830). Of Pilltown, Meath. ' Botanical, 

 Historical . . . Treatise on the Tobacco Plant,' 1830. 



Bromfield, William Arnold (1800 or 1801-1851) ; b. Boldre, 

 Hants, 1800 or 1801 ; d. Damascus, 9th October, 1851. M.D., 

 Glasgow, 1823. F.L.S., 1836. 'Flora Vectensis,' 1856. 

 Travelled on Continent, Ireland, West Indies, North America, 

 and Egypt. Herbarium at Isle of Wight Philos. Soc, Ryde. 

 MBS. at Kew. Pritz. 41 ; Jacks. 254, 850 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 h. 182 ; Phyt. iv. pref. ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vi. 898 ; R. S. C. i. 

 644 ; Journ. Bot. 1851, 873. Engr. portr. at Linn. Soc. and at 

 Kew, and in ' Flora Vectensis.' Brornfddi* Necker = Curcas 

 Adans. 



Bromhead, Sir Edward Thomas Ffrench, Bart, (1789-1855) : 



o. Dublin, 26th March, 1789; d. Thurlby Hall, Newark 

 14th March, 1855. F.R.S. F.L.S., 1844. 'Botanical 



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