Matilda Smith

"M.Sm." redirects here. Not to be confused with MSM.

Matilda Smith
Born(1854-07-30)30 July 1854
Bombay, Bombay Province, British Empire
Died29 December 1926(1926-12-29) (aged 72)
London, England, United Kingdom
Known forBotanical illustration
AwardsSilver Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society
ElectedLinnaean Society

Matilda Smith (30 July 1854 – 29 December 1926) was a botanical artist whose work appeared in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for over forty years.[1] She became the first artist to depict New Zealand's flora in depth, the first official artist of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and the second woman to become an associate of the Linnaean Society.[2] The standard author abbreviation M.Sm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3][4]

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  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  M.Sm.
  4. ^ "Matilda Smith, A.L.S." Journal of the Kew Guild. Annual Report, 1925-1926. 1927: 527–528. 1927 – via ISSUU.