Edgar Albert Smith
Edgar Albert Smith (born November 29, 1847 in London , † July 22, 1916 in Acton , London) was a British zoologist ( malacologist ).
Life
He was the son of the entomologist Frederick Smith at the British Museum (now the Natural History Museum ) and was responsible for the mollusks from 1871 onwards at the museum, where he was deputy curator from 1895 to 1913 . Until 1878 he was also responsible for the other marine invertebrates except crustaceans. He also organized the move of the mollusc collection from Bloomsbury to South Kensington, the museum's new headquarters. In 1912 he retired.
He initially worked on the famous Hugh Cuming collection , which the museum acquired in 1846, later on various collections from expeditions such as that of HMS Erebus under James Clark Ross , the Arctic expedition of HMS Discovery , the Southern Cross expedition , the Discovery expedition , the Terra Nova Expedition or the Challenger Expedition .
In 1890 he was president of the "Society for Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland" (Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland) and from 1901 to 1903 the "Society for Malacology of London" (Malacological Society of London), which he co-founded and their activity reports he issued. In 1903 he was awarded the Royal Order of Merit ( Imperial Service Order ).
He first described u. a. several species of Crenella and many mollusks from the Great Lakes area in East Africa.
literature
- JC Melvill, Obituary notice. Edgar Albert Smith, ISO, Journal of Conchology 15, 1917, pp. 50-153.
- BB Woodward: Edgar Albert Smith, 1847-1916 . In: Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 12, 1917, pp. 215-217. ( Digitized version ).
- Caesar R. Boettger: Edgar Albert Smith . In: Dr. F. Haas, Dr. W. Wenz (Ed.): Archiv für Molluskenkunde 53, Moritz Diesterweg, Frankfurt / Main 1921, pp. 121–125.
Web links
- Natural History Museum (English)
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Edgar Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1916 |
| Place of death | Acton , London |