Robert Braithwaite (judge)
Robert Braithwaite may refer to: * Robert Braithwaite (bryologist) (1824–1917), English botanist * Robert Braithwaite (engineer) (1943–2019), British engineer See also * Braithwaite (surname) Braithwaite, Brathwaite, or Brathwait is an English surname of Old Norse origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, Retrieved 25 January 2014 the relative frequency of the surname Braithwaite was highest in Westmorland (37.3 times the Britis ...

Robert Braithwaite (bryologist)
Robert Braithwaite FLS FRMS (10 May 1824 – 20 October 1917) was an English bryologist. He worked professionally as a general practitioner. He married Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, who influenced him. His best known contributions to bryology were his 3-volume ''The British Moss-Flora'' (1887–1905). He served as President of the Quekett Microscopical Club from 1872 to 1873. He was honoured in '' Braithwaitea'' in 1872 (from the Hypnodendraceae Hypnodendraceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnodendrales. Genera: * '' Braithwaitea'' * '' Dendrohypnum'' Hampe, 1872 * ''Hypnodendron ''Hypnodendron'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnodendraceae. Species: ... family) which was published in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. Vol.10: on page 250 in 1872. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Braithwaite, Robert 1824 births 1917 deaths English botanists Bryologists ...
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Robert Braithwaite (engineer)
Robert Braithwaite (12 May 1943 – 7 March 2019) was a British entrepreneur, marine engineer and Founder and President of the luxury powerboat manufacturer, alongside John Macklin, Sunseeker. Biography Born in Otley Moor, Yorkshire, Braithwaite left school at 15 with no qualifications and moved to the Hampshire coast where his parents became proprietors of a village store near Christchurch. Following his dream to build boats he spent a few years servicing outboard engines and did an engineering course before completing a six-month apprenticeship at marine engine suppliers OMC in Belgium. Originally importers and distributors of boats from Scandinavia and the United States, Poole Powerboats, as Sunseeker was formerly known, created the foundations for its future luxury powerboats. Braithwaite and Macklin borrowed £5,000 to build their first boat – a 17 footer and then following collaboration with hull race-boat designer Don Shead, Sunseeker quickly expanded into the growing ...
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