Browne, John Harris (1817 - 1904)

Born Ilford, Essex, England, 22 Apr. 1817; died Bath, Somerset, England, 12 Jan. 1904.

Surgeon, pastoralist, naturalist. Arrived Adelaide, SA, June 1840.

Collected plants while medical officer on expedition of Charles Sturt to central Australia, 1844-46, now at BM but generally attributed to Sturt.

Published The cultivation of the olive : notes / collected by J. Harris Browne

Returned to England 1870s.

Source: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. [consult for source references]
Portrait Photo: State Library of South Australia, http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/11000/B10843.htm (viewed 26.11.2013)