Frederick Smith (entomologist)
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Frederick Smith (1805–1879) was a British entomologist.
Smith worked in the zoology department of the British Museum from 1849, specialising in the Hymenoptera. In 1875 he was promoted to Assistant Keeper of Zoology. His publications included Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects (7 parts, 1853–1859) and parts 5 (1851) and 6 (1852) of the Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects.
Smith was president of the Entomological Society of London, 1862–3.
His son was Edgar Albert Smith (1847-1916), zoologist and malacologist.[1]
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- ^ Anonymous (1916). "Edgar Albert Smith, I.S.O., late conchologist of the British Museum". Geological Magazine (n.s.) (decade 6)3(9): 431-432. doi:10.1017/S0016756800206754.
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- 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: British Museum of Natural History. ISBN 0565007866.
- "Frederick Smith, 1805–79". Darwin Correspondence Project. 2007. http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/namedefs/namedef-4408.html. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
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