> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 819](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190290) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8464-1) LSID 8464-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18672360) QID Q18672360 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Robson, Stephen \[1741-1779), British (English) botanist at Darlington (Durham), uncle of Edward Robson; linen manufacturer and grocer. **Abbreviated name**: *S. Robson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Robson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection YRK|YRK]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 166; BM 4: 1715; Desmond p. 526 (b. 24 Jan 1741, d. 16 Mai 1779; herb. YRK); DNB 49: 62; Dryander 3: 22, 132; Henrey 2: 133-135, 136, 310, 3: 107; Herder p. 95, 171; Jackson p. 232; Kew 4: 491; PR 7677, ed. 1: 8643; Rehder 1: 395; SO 679; Tucker 1: 602. #### Biofile - Baker, J.G., Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberland 14(1): 77-78. 1902. - Davis, P., Newsletter Soc. Bibl nat. Hist. 8: 8-9. 1980 (mss.), Naturalist 106: 67-73. 1981 (on his Hortus Siccus). - Davis, P.S. & G.G. Graham, Arch. nat. Hist. 10(2): 335-340. 1981. - Green, J.J., Friend's Quart. Examiner 1917: 14-31, 265-282 (biogr. essay). - Hawksworth, D.L. & M.R.D, Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 8, 1977. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 75. 1957 (herb. untraced). ### Publications ##### n.9307. The British flora **Title** *The British flora*. Containing the select names, characters, places of growth, duration, and time of flowering of the plants growing wild in Great Britain. To which are prefixed, the principles of botany... York (printed by W. Blanchard and Company;...) 1777. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Sep 1777 (see J.J. Green, 1917, p. 267), p. \[i\]-xx, *pl. 1-5* (uncol. copp.), \[1\]-330, \[1-24, indexes\]. *Copies*: BR, HH, KU, NY, PH, USDA. – A mss. supplement by E. Robson is at BM.