Sidney Irving Smith

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Sidney Irving Smith
Sidney Irving Smith
Born(1843-02-18)18 February 1843
Died6 May 1926(1926-05-06) (aged 83)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSheffield Scientific School
Scientific career
Fieldszoologist
Author abbrev. (zoology)S. I. Smith

Sidney Irving Smith (February 18, 1843, in Norway, Maine – May 6, 1926, in New Haven, Connecticut)[1] was an American zoologist.

Private life

Sidney Smith was the son of Elliot Smith and Lavinia Barton.

throat cancer.[1]

Education and career

In his youth, Sidney Irving Smith became expert on the fauna around his home town, and an expert at making collections, particularly of insects.

Having begun as an

Legacy

Smith produced more than 70 original papers.[3] His collections are now housed in the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale and at the National Museum of Natural History.[3]

Sidney Irving Smith was honoured in the specific epithets of a number of species. They include Lembos smithi Holmes, 1905, Metapenaeopsis smithi (Schmitt, 1924), Oxyurostylis smithi Calman, 1912, Pandarus smithi Rathbun, 1886 and Siphonoecetes smithianus Rathbun, 1908.[4]

Taxa named by Sidney Irving Smith include:

References

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  4. ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Prof. Dr. Sidney Irving Smith". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved May 31, 2011.