Author:Robert Brown (1842-1895)

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Robert Brown
(1842–1895)

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Scottish scientist, explorer, and author

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "R. B."

Works

Manual of Botany (1874)
(ed.) Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo (Edinburgh, 1875) by Henry Rink (start transcription)
(ed.) Danish Greenland: Its People and its Products (London, 1877) by Henry Rink (start transcription) (start transcription)
"The Arctic Expedition; Its Scientific Aims" in Littell's Living Age, 126 (1621) (1876)
The Counties of the World, Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe (1876)
- Vol. I: Discovery, Arctic Regions, the Fur Countries of North America, The Dominion of Canada, Lumbering, & the United States (external scan)
- Vol. II: The United States, Mexico, & the West Indies (external scan)
- Vol. III: Central America & South America (external scan)
- Vol. IV: Oceania, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, the Malay Archipelago, & the Japanese Empire (external scan)
- Vol. V: Siberia, The Chinese Empire, Burmah, Siam, Cambodia, Anam, Cochin-China, India, Central Asiatic States, Russian Central Asia, & Persia (transcription project) (external scan)
- Vol. VI: The Turkish Empire, Africa, Oceanic Islands, & Europe (external scan)
Science for All (1877–82)
The World Its Cities And Peoples (1882–85)
The Story of Africa and Its Explorers, Vol. I (1892), II (1893), III (1894), IV (1895)

Contributions to EB9

"Greenland," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 11) (1880)

Works about Brown

"Brown, Robert (1842-1895)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
"Brown, Robert (scientist)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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