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A. F. (Alfred Forbes) Broun
1858–1953
A botanist and forestry expert whose writing opens a window onto tropical forests and the plant life of Sudan. His best-known books combine practical field knowledge with the patient detail of a working scientist.
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Flora of the Sudan
by A. F. (Alfred Forbes) Broun, R. E. (Reginald Ernest) Massey
About the author
Alfred Forbes Broun was a British botanist and forestry specialist, born in 1858 and remembered in botanical records by the author abbreviation "Broun." Reference sources connect his work especially with spermatophytes and with activity in the United Kingdom and Sudan.
He is best known to readers today for Sylviculture in the Tropics (1912) and for Flora of the Sudan (1929), written with R. E. Massey and supported by John Hutchinson. These books suggest the range of his interests: from the management of tropical forests to careful description and identification of plants.
Although detailed biographical information appears to be scarce online, the surviving record shows a writer deeply involved in practical botany and colonial-era plant study. His work still matters as part of the historical literature on tropical forestry and Sudanese flora.