Sir James Edward Smith

(1759-1828)

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).