Robert Kaye Greville

Robert Kaye Greville
Robert Kaye Greville in a detail from an 1840 painting.[1]
Born13 December 1794
Bishop Auckland, Durham
Died4 June 1866 (1866-06-05) (aged 71)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Resting placeDean Cemetery, Edinburgh[2]
NationalityBritish
EducationLondon and Edinburgh
OccupationAcademic
Known forPolymath
SpouseCharlotte Eden
Parent(s)Rev. Robert Greville and Dorothy Chaloner
Robert Kaye Greville in old age
The grave of Robert Kaye Greville, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

Dr. Robert Kaye Greville FRSE FLS LLD (13 December 1794 – 4 June 1866) was an English mycologist, bryologist, and botanist. He was an accomplished artist and illustrator of natural history. In addition to art and science he was interested in causes like abolitionism,[1] capital punishment,[3] keeping Sunday special[4] and the temperance movement. He has a mountain in Queensland named after him.[5]

  1. ^ a b The Anti-Slavery Society Convention Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 1840, Benjamin Robert Haydon, accessed 19 July 2008
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