Arthur Bowes Smyth

Arthur Bowes Smyth
Arthur Bowes Smyth - Title page of his journal
Born(1750-08-23)23 August 1750
Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England
Died31 March 1790(1790-03-31) (aged 39)
Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England
OccupationSurgeon
Known forSurgeon on Lady Penrhyn, diarist and natural history artist
Parent(s)Thomas Smyth (surgeon) and Mary Smyth

Arthur Bowes Smyth (23 August 1750 – 31 March 1790) was a naval surgeon, who traveled on Lady Penrhyn as a part of the First Fleet that established a penal colony in New South Wales. Smyth kept a diary and documented the natural history he encountered in Australia.