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BIOGEAPHI0AL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH 



BOTANISTS. 



By James Britten, F.L.S., and G. S. Boulger, F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 140). 



Browne, Patrick (c. 1720-1790) : b. Woodstock, Co. Mayo, c. 1720; 

 d. Rushbrook, Co. Mayo, 29th August, 1790 ; bur. Crossboyne. 

 M.D., Leyden, 1743. Curator, Oxford Botanic Garden. In 

 Antigua, 1737. In Jamaica, 1746-1755. « Natural History of 

 Jamaica,' 1756. MS., ' Fasciculus Plantarum Hibernise ' at 

 Linn. Soc. Herbarium purchased by Linnaeus for 8 guineas. 

 Pult. ii. 349 ; Pritz. 44 ; Jacks. 370 ; Linn. Letters, i. 39, 42 ; 

 ii. 480; Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 31; Baillon, i. 502; Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. vii. 53. Browneea Jacq. 



Browne, Samuel (d. before 1703). M.D. Surgeon to H.E.I. C. 

 at Madras. Sent plants to Petiver, Phil. Trans, xx. 313 ; xxiii. 

 Plants in Sloane Herbarium. Pult. ii. 38, 39, 62; Pritz. 44; 

 Rich. Corr. 76 ; Linn. Letters, ii. 165 ; ' Museum Petiverianum,' 

 43. 



Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682) : b. St. Michael's, Cheapside, 

 London, 19th October, 1605 ; d. Norwich, 19th October, 1682 ; 

 bur. St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich. B.A., Oxon, 1627. M.A., 

 1629. M.D., Leyden, 1633. M.D., Oxon, 1637. F.R.C.P., 1664. 

 Knighted, 1671. ' The Garden of Cyrus,' 1658. ' Plants . . . 

 in Scripture,' &c, in posthumous works. Pritz. 44 ; Life and 

 Works, ed. Wilkin, 1836 ; Nich. Illustr. vi. 830 ; Muuk, i. 321 ; 

 Felton, 94 ; Cott. Gard. v. 15 ; Linn. Trans, vii. 296; Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. vii. 64. Portr. in vestry of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich ; 

 one at R. C. P. ; one, with family, by Dobson, at Devonshire 

 House ; engr. by R. White in ' Works,' ed. 1686 ; and engr. 

 at Linn. Soc, from Norwich portr. 



Browne, William (c. 1628-1678) : b. Oxford, c. 1628 ; d. Oxford, 

 25th March, 1678 ; bur. in outer chapel, Magdalen Coll., Oxon. 

 Clerk. B.A., Oxon, 1647. B.D., 1665. Senior Fellow of 

 Magdalen. " Chief hand in the composition of the Catalogue," 

 Wood, Fasti, ii. 282. ' Catalogus Horti Bot. Oxoniensis,' 1658, 

 with Stephens and Bobart. Pult. i. 167 ; Pritz. 44 ; Wood's 

 Athen. Oxon. ed. Bliss. ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 75. 



Brownlee, J. (fl. 1842). Clerk. Missionary at the Cape. Had 

 "a good general knowledge of Botany," and sent pi. to Harvey. 

 Journ. Bot. 1842, 16. brownh >, "Harvey MS.," Linill. 



Brownlow, Lady (d. before 1819). Daughter of Lady Amelia 

 Hume. BrowfUotria Re-xb. 



Brownrigg, William (1711-1800) : b. High Close Hall, Cumber- 

 land, 24th March, 1711 ; d. Ormathwaite, Keswick, 6th January, 

 1800. M.D., Leyden, 1737. F.R.S., 1741. < Electrifying ot 

 Plants,' Phil. Trans. 1747, No. 482. Friend of Sloane, Hales, 

 and Franklin. ' Literary Life,' by Joshua Dixon, 1801 ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. vii. 85. 



