William Wright Smith
| Sir William Wright Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 February 1875 Lochmaben |
| Died | 15 December 1956 (aged 81) |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Notable awards | |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | |
Sir William Wright Smith FRSFRSE FLS VMH LLD (2 February 1875 Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire – 15 December 1956) was a Scottish botanist and horticulturalist.
He was born in Lochmaben, the son of James T. Smith.
Educated at Dumfries Academy and then University of Edinburgh, he studied at postgraduate level in Toulouse.
He rose to become from 1922 to 1956 the Queen's Botanist in Scotland, the 10th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh.
Aberdeen University granted him an honorary doctorate (LLD). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1919, his proposers being Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, James Hartley Ashworth and Donald Cameron McIntosh. He served as Secretary to the Society 1923-28, Vice-President 1928-31, President 1944-49 and won the Society's Makdougall-Brisbane Prize for 1940-42.
He was knighted in 1932 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1945.
From 1907 until 1910, Smith went travelling in northern India with his nephew and ward, Roland Edgar Cooper FRSE, collecting samples in Sikkim, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan. Cooper later took over from Smith in his role of Head Curator of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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