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244 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF RRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS.
man," Longstaffe. Drawing of Geaster, Gent. Mag. Feb., 1792.
Contrib. to E. Bot. (92, Gil, 1290, &c.), and lists in Brewster's
Stockton and Hutchinson's Durliam. R. S. C. v. 243 ; Longstaffe,
' Hist. Darlington,' p. 370 ; H, Ecroyd Smith, ' Annals
of Smith of Cautley,' p. 149.
Robson, Joseph (d. 1885) : d. Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1885. Of
Whitehaven. A.L.S., 1854. Cat. of pi. of Gosforth, Cumberland.
R. S. C. V. 243 ; Phyt. v. 1854, 1.
Robson, Stephen (1741-1779) : b. 24 June, 1741 ; d. 16 May,
1779. Of Darlington. Correspondent of Curtis. 'British
' Flora,' 1777. 'Plants rariores agro Dunelmensi indigense
(privately printed). Bot. Guide, 241. MS. of ' Flora,' letters
and herbarium in possession of his grandson, Edward Capper
Robson, of Sunderland. Pritz. 2GG ; Jacks. 232; Longstaffe,
' Hist. Darlington,' p. 370 ; H. Ecroyd Smith, ' Annals of Smith
of Cautley,' p. 1G3.
Roe, John Septimus (d. 1878) : d. 23 May, 1878. R.N., F.L.S.,
1828. Surveyor-General, W. Australia, 1848. Travelled in West
Australia, 1848-9. Collected in Australia, 1835-6. Sent
plants to Hiigel and Hooker. Fl. Tasm. cxxi ; Joum. Bot.
1854-5 ; R. S. C. v. 251. Roca Hiig. = Splueroluhluin Benth.
Roebuck, John (1718-1794): b. Sheffield, 1718; d. 17 July,
1794. M.D., Leyden, 1743. Chemist, manufacturer, and
iron-master. ' On ripening and filling of corn,' Trans. R. S. E.
i. 1788, 17. Hoefer; R. S. C. v. 251.
Rogers, John (1752-1842): b. Richmond, Surrey, 10 Feb. 1752;
d. Southampton, 9 Nov. 1342 ; bur. All Saints' Burial-ground,
Southampton. Gardener in Royal Gardens, Richmond. Had
a herbarium.
1889.
Autobiog. w. etched portr. by Frank McFadden,
Rogers, John (fl. 1818-1846). ' Vegetable remains, Porthleven,'
Trans. Geol. See. Cornwall,' i. 1818, 236. ? M.A., Oxon.
1833. R. S. C. V. 254.
. F.L.S.,
Roget, Peter Mark (1779-18G9) : b. London, 18 Jan., 1779 ;
d. West Malvern, 12 Sept., 18G9. M.D., Edin., 1798. L.R.C.P.,
1809. F.R.C.P., 1831. F.R.S., 1814. Sec. R. S,, 1827.
' Animal and Vegetable Physiology,' Bridgewater Treatise, 1834.
Jacks. 69 ; Proc. Roy. Soc. xvhi. 38 ; Munk iii. 71.
Ronalds, Hugh (1759-1833): b. Brentford, 4 March, 1759, d.
Brentford, 18 Nov., 1833. Nurseryman and seedsman. ' Pyrus
Malus Brentfordiensis,' 1831, illustrated by his daughter Elizabeth.
Formed a herbarium of Kew plants. Gent. Mag. 1834,
i. 337; Pntz. 268;
Rooke, Hayman (fl.
Loud. Card. Mag. x. 96.
1783-99). Major, R.A. Of Whitehaven,
Cumberland. Botanical Artist. ' Travels to Arabia Felix,'
1783. ' Oaks at Welbeck,' 1790. ' Sherwood Forest,' 1799.
Pritz. 208 ; Baker, Fl. Lake Distr. 14 ; AUibone.
Rootsey, Samuel (1788-1855): b. Colchester, 12 Feb. 1788; d.
Ihistol, 4 Sept., 1855. F.L.S., 1811. Druggist at Bristol,
1812. Lectured on ]5otany at Bristol and els^wliere. ' Syllabus
the :\re.lical Plants of Sliakcspeare.'
of Bot. Lectures,' 1818. ' On