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For the cricketer of the same name see Patrick Browne (cricketer). Patrick Anderson Browne (born January 26, 1982 in St Philip) is a Barbadian cricketer who has represented the West Indies at One Day International

Patrick Browne (1720-1790), was an Irish physician and botanist. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life

Career

Browne was born in Woodstock, County Mayo, sent to relatives on Antigua in 1737 and returned to Europe due to ill health after two years. Antigua (ænˈtiːgə an-TEE-gah) is an Island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region the main He studied medicine, natural history and especially botany at Reims, Paris and Leyden, qualifying in 1743. Reims (alternative English spelling Rheims; riːmz in English and /ʁɛ̃s/ in French) is a city of the Champagne-Ardenne région of northern Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city "Leyden" redirects here For other uses see Leyden (disambiguation. He worked as a physician at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, visited Barbados, Montserrat, Antigua and St. Kitts in the West Indies and settled as physician in Jamaica in 1746. St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS Hospital in Lambeth, London, England. Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation Montserrat (ˌmɒntsəˈræt is British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles Antigua (ænˈtiːgə an-TEE-gah) is an Island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region the main Saint Kitts (also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island ( Saint-Christophe in French) is an Island in the West Indies The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea.

He corresponded with the botanist Carl Linnaeus, among whose papers were found fragments of articles on venereal diseases and yaws by Browne. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for

His major work, 'The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica' (1756), illustrated by the botanic artist Georg Dionysius Ehret contains new names for 104 genera. Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708 - 1770 was a Botanist and Entomologist, and is best known for his botanical illustrations. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic

He retired to Rushbrook, near Claremorris, Co. Mayo in 1771.

References

  1. ^ Brummitt, R. K. ; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive Gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and ISBN 1-84246-085-4.  
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