Edgar Albert Smith
British zoologist (1847–1916) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edgar Albert Smith (29 November 1847 – 22 July 1916) was a British zoologist, a malacologist.
Edgar Albert Smith | |
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Born | (1847-11-29)29 November 1847 London, England |
Died | 22 July 1916(1916-07-22) (aged 68) Acton, London, England |
Children | 6 |
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Academic career | |
Fields | Zoology, malacology |
Institutions | British Museum, now named Natural History Museum |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | E. A. Smith |
His father was Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and assistant keeper of zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury.[1] Edgar Albert Smith was educated both at the North London Collegiate School and privately, being well grounded in Latin amongst other subjects, as his excellent diagnoses bear witness.[2]
Smith married in July 1876.[2] Subsequently, his wife and he had four sons and two daughters.[2]
He gave more prominent attention to the fauna of the African Great Lakes and the marine molluscs of South Africa,[2] and also the non-marine mollusc fauna of Borneo and New Guinea.[2]