Robert Braithwaite FLS FRMS (10 May 1824 – 20 October 1917) was an English bryologist. He worked professionally as a

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. He married Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of

Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791 – 4 June 1868 in St Leonard's, Sussex) was an English doctor who popularised a case for growing and transporting plants which was called the Wardian case. Biography Ward was born in London, the son of Steph ...

, 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

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from 1872 to 1873. In 1877 Braithwaite edited the

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-like series ''Sphagnaceae Britannicae exsiccatae, edidit R. Braithwaite''. He was honoured in '' Braithwaitea'' in 1872 (from the Hypnodendraceae family) which was published in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. Vol.10: on page 250 in 1872.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Braithwaite, Robert 1824 births 1917 deaths English botanists British bryologists