Annie Lorrain Smith

Annie Lorrain Smith
Born23 October 1854
Died7 September 1937 (1937-09-08) (aged 82)
London, England
EducationRoyal College of Science
Known forLichenology
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsBritish Museum (Natural History)
Author abbrev. (botany)A.L.Sm.

Annie Lorrain Smith (23 October 1854 – 7 September 1937) was a British lichenologist whose Lichens (1921) was an essential textbook for several decades. She was also a mycologist and founder member of the British Mycological Society, where she served as president for two terms.[1]

  1. ^ Mary R. S. Creese, ‘Smith, Annie Lorrain (1854–1937)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005, accessed 15 November 2007. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/46420 (subscription required)