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Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. [1] Early life and education. Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a precocious interest in the natural world.
British botanist, founder and first president of the Linnean society of London, Sir James Edward Smith wrote extensively on the flora of Britain. Alongside James Sowerby (1757-1822), prolific botanical artist and naturalist, he produced the eight-volume English Botany between 1790 and 1814.
The Lord Treasurer of Botany: Sir James Edward Smith and the Linnaean Collections. James Smith was a lion of the study of botany in 18th century England, when botanizing became a popular activity for both women and men, and the study first entered English university curricula. This biography aims to bring Smith’s accomplishments to twenty ...
Linnean Society Founder Sir James Edward Smith (1759–1828) and English naturalist, mineralogist, and illustrator James Sowerby FLS (1757–1822) worked together on many occasions, including the 36-volume work English botany, the masterpiece Flora Graeca, and A specimen of the botany of New Holland (the first published book on the flora of ...
Apr 28, 2009 · Article information. Abstract. James Edward Smith's interest in botany led him to enter medicine at Edinburgh in 1781. Smith was continuing his medical studies in London when Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) suggested to him that he should purchase the collection of the famous Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus that had just been offered to Banks.
- Barbara J Hawgood
- 2009
Apr 21, 2005 · JACK RODNEY LAUNDON, The publication and typification of Sir James Edward Smith's lichens in English Botany, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 147, Issue 4, April 2005, Pages 483–499, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00378.x
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Sir James Edward Smith (1759–1828) MD FRS, botanist, co-founder of the Linnean Society of London Barbara J Hawgood Summary: James Edward Smith’s interest in botany led him to enter medicine at Edinburgh in 1781. Smith was continuing his medical studies in London when Sir Joseph Banks (1743–
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