William Wright Smith

Professor
Sir William Wright Smith
FRS FRSE FLS VMH
Born(1875-02-02)2 February 1875
Lochmaben
Died15 December 1956(1956-12-15) (aged 81)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions
Author abbrev. (botany)
The standard author abbreviation W.W.Sm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

Sir William Wright Smith (2 February 1875 Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire – 15 December 1956) was a Scottish botanist and horticulturalist.

  1. ^ Cowan, J. M. (1957). "William Wright Smith 1875-1956". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3: 192–202. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1957.0013. JSTOR 769360.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  W.W.Sm.