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William Wright Smith
British botanist (1875–1956)
Also known as W.W.Sm. · W. W. Smith · Sir William Wright Smith · Sir William Smith
- Born
- February 2, 1875
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- February 2, 1875
- Died
- December 15, 1956
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- December 15, 1956
- Birthplace
- Lochmaben
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- Lochmaben
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- explorer
- , horticulturist
- , botanist
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
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- Positions held
- President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh(1944–1949)
- , Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh(1922–1956)
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- , Regius Professor of Plant Science(1922–1956)
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- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- , Dumfries Academy
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
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63 statements · 49% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Member of
- Royal Society of London(since 1945)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Royal Society of Edinburgh(since 1919)
- Awards
- Veitch Memorial Medal(1930)
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
- Fellow of the Royal Society(1945)
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- Makdougall Brisbane Prize(1940)
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- Knight Bachelor(1932)
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse(1929)
- Victoria Medal of Honour(1925)
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- Legum Doctor conferred by: University of Aberdeen
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- Veitch Memorial Medal(1930)
- Field of work
- botany
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- botany
- Name in native language
- William Wright Smith
- Honorific prefix
- Sir
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Sources- 1.Stated in William Wright Smith, 1875-1956royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013Retrieved 2020-11-25
- Sir
- Collection items at
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
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Sources- 1.herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100241547
- 2.Stated in Bionomiabionomia.net/dataset/85714c48-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9aRetrieved 2025-10-17
- University of Vienna
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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Sources- 1.Stated in Bionomiabionomia.net/dataset/b5cdf794-8fa4-4a85-8b26-755d087bf531Retrieved 2025-10-18
- Natural History Museum
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
On other databases
19 identifiers linking William Wright Smith across the web's reference databases
- Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ID1957.0013
- Bionomia IDQ1278792
- Botanist author abbreviationW.W.Sm.
- Freebase ID/m/09v8p_h
- Gazetteer for Scotland person ID3163
- GND ID1070879800
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm09v8p_h
- Harvard Index of Botanists ID65742
- IPNI author ID9823-1
- ISNI0000000446454489
- Library of Congress Authorities IDno2015024039
- Past Fellow of the Royal Society IDNA411
- Prabook ID1760096
- RERO ID (legacy)A005555338
- TDV Encyclopedia of Islam IDwright-william
- Te Papa agent ID7052
- UK National Archives IDF52860
- VIAF cluster ID315084988
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJyMhJR6TMrBhQ9dkjKcfq