> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 811](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190282) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8446-1) LSID 8446-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537108) QID Q537108 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Robertson, David (1806-1896), British (Scottish) algologist and naturalist at Cumbrae; originally practicing a medical career, then in commerce, from ca. 1860 devoting himself fully to marine zoology and botany; LL.D. h.c. Glasgow 1895; "the naturalist of the Cumbraes". **Abbreviated name**: *D. Robertson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Robertson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (collections Cumbrae, Durham, in herb. W.J. Hooker; orig. at [[Collection K|K]]); also in [[Collection GLAM|GLAM]] (fide Powell and Conway, Brit. Phycol. Soc. 2(4): 267-268. 1963 and Koster (1969)). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 1643; BB p. 258; BM 4: 1713; CSP 5: 230, 8: 760, 11: 194; Desmond p. 523 (b. 28 Nov 1806, d. 20 Nov 1896); De Toni 4: xlviii; Quenstedt p. 363. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1897: 47 (d.); J. Bot. 35: 32. 1897, 36: 40. 1898; Proc. Linn, Soc. London 1896/7: 66-67. 1897 (obit.); Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London, Proc. 53: lxiv. 1897 (obit.); Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow ser. 2. 5: 18-42. 1900 (obit., b. 28 Nov 1806 old style \[sic new style dates from 1751\]). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 158.1. 1980. - Dickinson, C.I., Phycol. Bull. 1: 13. 1952 (algae at K \[now BM\]). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 3: 56. 1897 (d.). - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 557. 1969. - Newton, L.M., Phycol. Bull. 1: 18. 1952. - Stebbing, Rev. Thorn. R.R., The naturalist of Cumbrae, a true story, being the life of David Robertson. London (Kegan Paul, French, Trübner & Co., Ltd.) 1891, x, 398 p. (main biogr., bibl., on p. 385-390; *copy*: Amherst college Library). - T.R.R.S., Geol. mag. ser. 2. dec. 4. 4: 94-96. 1897 (obit.). #### Eponymy *Robertsonia* A.H. Haworth (1812) honors Benjamin Robertson (c. 1732-1800), English gardener).