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Robson, Edward (1763-1813): b. Darlington, 17 Oct., 1763 

 d. 21 May, 1813. Of DarUngton. A.L.S., 1789. Nephew 

 of Stephen Eobson. Correspondent of Withering. De- 

 scribed Bibes spicatum in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 240. " A 

 very assiduous and accurate botanist," B. Bot. 70. " Accom- 

 plished draughtsman," Longstaffe. Drawing of Geaster 

 Gent. Mag. Feb., 1792. Contrib. to B. Bot. (92, 611, 1290, 

 &c.), and lists in Brewster's Stockton, and Hutchinson's 

 Durham. E. S. 0. v. 243 ; Longstaffe, ' Hist, Darlington, 

 p. 370; H. Eeroyd Smith, 'Annals of Smith of Cautley, 

 p. 149. 



Robson, Joseph (d. 1885): Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1885 

 Of Whitehaven. A.L.S., 1854. Cat. of pi. of Gosforth, Cum 

 berland. Phyt. v. 1854, 1 ; E. S. C. v. 243. 



Robson, Stephen (1741-79) : b. 24 June, 1741 ; d. 16 May 

 1779. Of Darhngton. Correspondent of Curtis. ' British 

 Flora,' 1777. ' Plantae rariores agro Dunelmensi indigense ' 

 (privately printed) ; Bot. Guide, 241. MS. of 'Flora,' letters 

 and herbarium in possession of his grandson, Bdward Capper 

 Eobson, of Sunderland. Pritz. 266 ; Jacks. 232 ; Longstaffe, 

 ' Hist. Darhngton,' p. 370 ; H. Bcroyd Smith, ' Annals of 

 Smith of Cautley,' p. 163. 



Roby, John (fi. 1838). Banker. Author of ' Traditions of Lan- 

 cashire.' Lectured on bot. at Eochdale, w. lantern, in 1838, 

 Naturalist, iv. (1838-9), 55. ' Tour in Belgium, Switzerland, 

 &c.,' 1838 (contains locahties of plants). 



Roderick, J. [see Ehtddeech]. 



Roe, John Septimus (d. 1878) : d. Perth, W. AustraUa, 28 

 May, 1878. E.N. ; F.L.S., 1828. Surveyor-General, W. 

 Austraha, 1828. Travelled in West Australia, 1848-9. Col- 

 lected in Australia, 1835-6. Sent plants to Hiigel and 

 Hooker. Fl. Tasm. cxxi. ; Journ. Bot. 1854-5; E. S. C. 

 V. 251 ; Proc. E. Geogr. Soc. n.s. i. 277. Boea Hiig. = 

 Sphmrolohium Benth. 



Roebuck, John (1718-94) : b. Sheffield, 1718 ; d. 17 July, 1794. 

 M.D. Leyden, 1743. Chemist, manufacturer, and iron- 

 master. ' On ripening and filling of corn,' Trans. E. S. E. i. 

 1788, 17. E. S. 0. V. 251 ; Hoefer. 



Rogers, John (1752-1842): b. Eichmond, Surrey, 10 Feb., 1752; 

 d. Southampton, 9 Nov., 1842; bur. All Saints' Burial-ground, 

 Southampton. Gardener in Eoyal Gardens, Eichmond. Had 

 a herbarium. Autobiog. w. etched portr. by Frank McFadden, 

 1889. 



Rogers, John (fl. 1818-46). ?M.A. Oxon ; F.L.S., 1833. 

 'Vegetable remains, Porthleven,' Trans. Geol. Soc. Cornwall, 

 i. 1818, 236. E. S. C. v. 254. 



Roget, Peter Mark (1779-1869) : b. London, 18 Jan., 1779; 

 d. West Malvern, 13 Sept., 1869. M.D. Edin., 1798; 

 L.E.C.P., 1809 ; F.E.C.P., 1832. F.E.S., 1814 ; Sec. E. S., 

 1827. ' Animal and Vegetable Physiology,' Bridgewater 

 Treatise, 1834. Jacks. 69 ; Proc. Eoy. Soc. xviii. 38 ; Munk, 

 iii. 71. Portr. engr. Eddis. 



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