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Robert Brown yellow plaque

Commemorative plaque

Why this matters

Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist who discovered the nucleus in plant cells and observed Brownian motion, which later contributed to Albert Einstein's theoretical work on the same phenomenon.

What is recorded here

This yellow commemorative plaque records: Robert Brown FRS FLS 1773-1858 Botanist and Alumnus of this University Discoverer of the Nucleus of the Plant Cell and of Brownian Motion Erected in 2005, Einstein Year, to mark the link between the works of Robert Brown and Albert Einstein
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