Roland W. Brown

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Roland Wilbur Brown
Born(1893-05-00)May , 1893
United States National Museum
Thesis (1926)
Doctoral advisorEdward Berry
Author abbrev. (botany)R.W.Br.

Roland Wilbur Brown (1893–1961) was an American paleobotanist and geologist.

Biography

Brown was born in 1893. In 1928, he was appointed as a geologist with the

Mesozoic plants from western North America.[1][2]

Roland Brown also was a linguistic scholar, and is widely known[citation needed] among taxonomists for his book, "Composition of Scientific Words",[3] originally published in 1927 under the title "Materials for Word-Study" and reprinted in 1954, 1965, 1978, and 1985 under the latter title.

The standard author abbreviation R.W.Br. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ^ Biography
  2. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[P79:MTRWB]2.0.CO;2
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  3. ^ Brown, R. W. (1954) Composition of Scientific Words. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  R.W.Br.
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