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Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.
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.
James Edward Smith (2 December 1759–17 March 1828) was the founder of the Linnean Society and one of the one of the most pre-eminent British botanists of his age. Following the death of Carl Linnaeus the younger (1741–1783), Smith purchased the collections of Carl Linnaeus Snr. for 1,000 guineas.
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-first century attention.
Founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, Smith was one of the one of the most pre-eminent British botanists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and was a principal founding member and first President of the Linnean Society of London.
Apr 28, 2009 · 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.
The James Edward Smith correspondence contains letters to Smith from many correspondents as well as copies of Smith's own letters from 1781 to 1877. James Edward Smith (1759-1828) was a British botanist and the founder of the Linnean Society of London
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