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Robert Brown and the Cell Theory

Nature volume 130, page 66 (1932)Cite this article

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THE Linnean Society has issued as an extract from its Proceedings (1931-32, pt. 2) the series of addresses delivered at the general meeting on Nov. 19, 1931, which took the form of the centenary celebration of Robert Browns discovery of the nucleus of the vegetable cell. The brochure contains an account, by Mr. J. Ramsbottom, of Browns life and botanical work, one by Mr. S. Savage of his connexion with the Linnean Society, the passage from the memoir containing Browns account of his discovery, and an address by Lieut.-Col. J. Stephenson on Browns discovery in relation to the history of the cell theory.

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R., A. Robert Brown and the Cell Theory. Nature 130, 66 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130066a0

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