Frederick Smith (entomologist)
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Frederick Smith (30 December 1805 – 16 February 1879)entomologist who worked at the zoology department of the British Museum from 1849, specialising in the Hymenoptera.
Smith was born near York to William Smith and went to school at Leeds. He then studied under landscape engraver
Bombus frigidus, Halictus coriaceus, and Nomia nasalis, which he discovered.[3]
Smith was president of the
Entomological Society of London
, 1862–3.
He died on 16 February 1879 after undergoing a surgery for gallstones. He was buried at Finchley Cemetery.[2]
His son was
malacologist.[4]
Bibliography
References
- ^ British Trust for Entomology, Royal Entomological Society of London - The Entomologist, Volumes 12-13
- ^ a b Dunning, J.W. (1879). "Frederick Smith". The Entomologist. 12 (191): 89–92.
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Further reading
- Burkhardt, Frederick, ed. (1985–2009). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. 17 volumes; 27 books. London: Cambridge University Press.
- Gilbert, Pamela (1977). A Compendium of the Biographical Literature on Deceased Entomologists. London: ISBN 978-0-565-00786-7.
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- Global Ant Project -- World Ant Taxonomists
- "Frederick Smith, 1805–79". Darwin Correspondence Project. 2007. Archived from the originalon 8 September 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
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