William Gardner Smith (botanist)

William Gardner Smith
Born(1866-03-20)20 March 1866
Dundee
Died8 December 1928(1928-12-08) (aged 62)
Edinburgh
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Dundee
University of Munich
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, ecology

William Gardner Smith (20 March 1866 – 8 December 1928) was a Scottish botanist and ecologist who pioneered the study and mapping of the vegetation of the United Kingdom. He was a founding member of the British Ecological Society.[1]

  1. ^ T.W.W; A.G.T. (1929). "Obituary Notice: William Gardner Smith: 1866–1928". Journal of Ecology. 17 (1): 170–173.