Christen Smith | |
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 Christen Smith portrait, ca 1810 | |
| Born | 17 October 1785 |
| Died | 22 September 1816 (aged 30) Tall Trees, at the Congo River |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, geology |
| Institutions | Natural History Museum, Oslo |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | C.Sm. |
Christen Smith (17 October 1785 – 22 September 1816) also known as Christian Smith or Chretien Smith, was an early 19th-century Norwegian physician, economist and naturalist, particularly botanist. He died, only 30 years old during a dramatic expedition to the Congo River in 1816, leaving a wealth of botanical material.