Guide to the Papers of Robert Brown (as filmed by the AJCP), 1793-1855

Summary

Collection number:

M1193, M2494-M2496

Creator:

Brown, Robert

Extent:

68 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Background

Content Summary:

Robert Brown Papers: 1800-1854

The early correspondence describes: the exploration of the southern and northern coasts of Australia; botanical discoveries made on the voyage and at New South Wales; Brown's return to England; the captivity of M. Flinders at Mauritius; work in describing and classifying botanical discoveries; and the publication of Prodromus. Later letters deal with: the botanical and ornithological work of G. Caley; specimens sent from Australia and the East Indies; the exchange of plants and publications with European scientists; and efforts to secure a pension for the widow of M Flinders.

Correspondents include Sir Joseph Banks, Ferdinand Bauer, George Caley, Allan Cunningham, Matthew Flinders, Sir William Hooker, P.G. King, P.P. King, Sir Thomas Mitchell and Olaf Swartz.

Robert Brown Papers: 1800-1855

Correspondence and manuscripts relating to Brown's career as a naturalist and librarian. The manuscripts include: accounts of his travels in Australia; drafts of Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen; corrections to the appendix of M. Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis; and catalogues of plants and fossils.

Main correspondents include A. Cunningham, Rev. W. Buckland, Sir William Hooker, Sir Thomas Mitchell and C. Stokes.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Brown (1773-1858). Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen. Served in the Fifeshire Regiment, 1795-1800. Associate of Linnean Society, 1798. Naturalist on Investigator, 1801-3, collected specimens in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1803-1805. Returned to England with collection of over 3,000 specimens in 1805. Published Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen in 1810, with supplement in 1830, and appendix to M. Flinders A voyage to Terra Australis, 1814. Clerk and Librarian to Linnean Society, 1805-1810, librarian to Sir Joseph Banks, 1810-1820, joined staff of British Museum in 1827. President of Linnean Society, 1849-1853.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7400171] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Reel M1193: British Library, 96 Euston Road, London. Collection reference: Add. MSS 32439-32441 (Robert Brown Papers, 1800-1854). For further information, see Robert Brown at the British Library (http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x0002b4).

Reels M2494-M2496: British Museum (Natural History). Great Russell Street, London, England. For further information, see Natural History Museum Library and Archives (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/library-and-archives.html).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the British Library. For more information visit: How I use the images I order?-The British Library [https://www.bl.uk/help/how-can-i-use-the-images-i-order].

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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