NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828 NRA: Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828) Knight Botanist DNB: Smith, Sir James Edward (1759–1828), botanist LBT ID: JaSmith1828 VIAF ID: 98223258 LOC ID: n82249860 | B/BAP: 1759-12-02 DIED: 1828-03-17 |
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After studying medicine at University of Edinburgh he pursued a career as a botanist and
was a founder of the Linnean Society (1788). He published Flora
Britannica (1800-04). | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Sir James Edward Smith:
The English Flora. Found 1.
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Exotic Botany: consisting of Coloured Figures, and Scientific Descriptions, of
such New, Beautiful, or Rare Plants as are worthy of Cultivation in the Gardens of Britain;
with Remarks on their Qualities, History, and Requisite Modes of Treatment. Found 2.
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Memoir and Correspondence of the late Sir James Edward Smith. Found 6.
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