Sydney Smith (Coroner)

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Sir Sydney Alfred Smith (born August 4, 1883 Roxburgh (New Zealand) , † May 8, 1969 in Edinburgh ) was a British forensic scientist.

Life

Smith attended Roxburgh Public School and Victoria College, New Zealand . He later went to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland . After a brief period in general medicine, he became an assistant in the forensic medicine department at the suggestion of Harvey Littlejohn . In 1914 he received his doctorate. From 1928 to 1953 he was Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine (Edinburgh) . In 1949 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor . From 1954 to 1957 he was Rector of Edinburgh University. Since 1929 he was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

literature

  • Sydney Alfred Smith: Forensic Medicine. A Textbook for Students and Practitioners . Churchill 1949.
  • Sydney Alfred Smith: Mostly Murder. New English Library, London 1962.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthew H. Kaufman: Origin and history of the Regius Chair of Medical Jurisprudence and Medical Police established in the University of Edinburgh in 1807 . In: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. No. 14 (2007), pp. 121-130.
  2. ↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
  3. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Sydney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Sir Sydney Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British coroner
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Roxburgh (New Zealand)
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1969
Place of death Edinburgh