J. L. B. Smith

J. L. B. Smith
The second coelacanth ever caught in 1952, with J.L.B. Smith, surrounded with the crew and airmen who flew Smith to the Comoros on order by prime minister D.F. Malan. Image reprinted in Mail & Guardian. Location: South Africa.
Born
James Leonard Brierley Smith

(1897-09-26)26 September 1897
Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
Died8 January 1968(1968-01-08) (aged 70)
Grahamstown, South Africa
EducationDiocesan College
Alma mater
Known forCoelacanth
SpouseMargaret Mary Smith
ChildrenWilliam Smith
Scientific career
FieldsIchthyologist
InstitutionsRhodes University

James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor.[1][2] He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct.

  1. ^ "Smith, James Leonard Brierley". Dictionary of South African Biography. Vol. IV. Human Sciences Research Council. 1981. pp. 580–2. ISBN 0-409-09183-9.
  2. ^ J.L.B. Smith: his life and work. Grahamstown: Rhodes University. hdl:10962/d1020237.