Edgar Albert Smith
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United Kingdom
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zoologist, a malacologist.
His father was the Frederick Smith
Frederick Smith (entomologist)
Frederick Smith 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...
, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
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. Edgar Albert Smith was educated both at the North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School is an independent day school for girls founded in 1850 in Camden Town, and now in the London Borough of Harrow.The Good Schools Guide called the school an "Academically stunning outer London school in a glorious setting which, in 2003, demonstrated its refusal to rest...
and privately, being
well grounded in Latin amongst other subjects, as his excellent diagnoses bear witness.
Smith married in July 1876. Subsequently he and his wife had four sons and two daughters.
He gave more prominent attention to the fauna of the African Great Lakes
African Great Lakes
The African Great Lakes are a series of lakes and the Rift Valley lakes in and around the geographic Great Rift Valley formed by the action of the tectonic East African Rift on the continent of Africa...
and the marine molluscs of South Africa, and also the non-marine mollusk fauna of Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
.
In the British Museum
Smith was employed at the British Museum (now Natural History MuseumNatural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
) as an Assistant Keeper of the Zoological Department for more than forty years, from 1867 to 1913. Edgar Smith's first work was in connection with the celebrated collection of shells made by Hugh Cuming and acquired by the Museum in 1846, at which he worked under Dr. John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
. From 1871 he was in immediate charge of the collection of molluscs, whilst till 1878 he was also responsible for the rest of the marine invertebrates with the exception of the Crustacea. On the removal of the natural history collections from Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
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to South Kensington
South Kensington
South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
, the arrangement of the Molluscan Collection in the then new Natural History Museum was, of course, his peculiar care and was planned by him with a special eye to the convenience of the numerous students and amateur collectors who have not been slow to avail themselves of it. In 1895 Edgar Smith obtained his well-deserved promotion to the post of Assistant Keeper in the Zoological Department.
Expeditions
Smith studied molluscs brought back by various expeditions like those to Antarctic of HMS ErebusHMS Erebus (1826)
HMS Erebus was a Hecla-class bomb vessel designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales in 1826. The vessel was named after the dark region in Hades of Greek mythology called Erebus...
and HMS Terror
HMS Terror (1813)
HMS Terror was a bomb vessel designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in the Davy shipyard in Topsham, Devon. The ship, variously listed as being of either 326 or 340 tons, carried two mortars, one and one .-War service:...
(1839-1943), which had lain by untouched, were dealt with by him in 1875. The Arctic specimens, collected on the polar voyage of the HMS Alert
HMS Alert (1856)
HMS Alert was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1894. She was the eleventh ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name , and was noted for her Arctic exploration work; in 1876 she reached a record latitude of 82°N.-Construction:The...
and HMS Discovery
HMS Discovery (1874)
HMS Discovery was a wooden screw storeship, formerly the whaling ship Bloodhound. She was purchased in 1874 for the British Arctic Expedition of 1875–1876 and was sold in 1902.-Design and Construction:...
(1875-6), were described in 1878. The results of the Transit of Venus Expedition (1874-5) to Kerguelen Islands
Kerguelen Islands
The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of...
and Rodrigues
Rodrigues
Rodrigues is a common surname in the Portuguese language. It was originally a Patronymic, meaning Son of Rodrigo or Son of Rui. The "es" signifies "son of". The name Rodrigo is the Portuguese form of Roderick, meaning "famous power" or "famous ruler", from the Germanic elements "hrod" and "ric" ,...
were set forth in the special volume (vol. clxviii) of the Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society in 1879. The accounts of shells procured during the voyages of the Alert to the Straits of Magellan and the Indo-Pacific (1878-82) were published in 1881 and 1884.
The reports on the bivalves and Heteropoda
Heteropoda
The Heteropoda are a pantropical genus of spiders. There are hundreds of member species.-Species:Heteropoda acuta - Davies, 1994HHeteropoda amphora - Fox, 1936 Heteropoda dagmarae - Jäger & Vedel, 2005...
brought home by the HMS Challenger
HMS Challenger (1858)
HMS Challenger was a steam-assisted Royal Navy Pearl-class corvette launched on 13 February 1858 at the Woolwich Dockyard. She was the flagship of the Australia Station between 1866 and 1870....
Expedition (1873-6) were the most noteworthy of this series, and appeared in 1885 and 1888 respectively.
Mention must also be made of his reports on the collections of molluscs of the SS Southern Cross during Southern Cross Expedition
Southern Cross Expedition
The Southern Cross Expedition, officially known as the British Antarctic Expedition 1898–1900, was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton...
published 1902, from Sokotra 1903, from the Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
and Laccadives 1902 and 1903, from the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4 in 1907, and finally the Terra Nova
Terra Nova (ship)
The Terra Nova was built in 1884 for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet. She worked for 10 years in the annual seal fishery in the Labrador Sea, proving her worth for many years before she was called upon for expedition work.Terra Nova was ideally suited to the polar regions...
Expedition in the Antarctic of 1910 in published in 1915.
Awards and memberships
Smith became a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London in 1872. He became a member of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1886 and he became president of the Conchological Society in 1890. He was also a corresponding member of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, and of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, whilst he was also made an Honorary Member of the Midland Malacological Society, as well as of the Malacological Section of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society. He was a founding member of the Malacological Society of London, and was the president of the Malacological Society of London in 1901-1903. He was an editor of Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London in 1904-1916,and also at the time of his death. He served as a member of the British Association Committee which was appointed in 1890 to "Report on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology of the Sandwich IslandsSandwich Islands
Sandwich Islands was the name given to the Hawaiian Islands by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, a supporter of Cook's voyages...
", and which reported regularly from 1891 till 1912.
He received the Imperial Service Order
Imperial Service Order
The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a person must have served for 25 years to become...
in 1903 during the reign of Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
for his his long and meritorious services to science.
From Africa
The molluscan faunas of the great African lakes also claimed his attention and formed the subject of a presidential address before the Malacological Society of London, in which no support was given to the views of Mr. John Edmund Sharrock Moore, who regarded the gastropods of Lake TanganyikaLake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, after Lake Baikal in Siberia; it is also the world's longest freshwater lake...
as representing forms which had their origin in marine Jurassic times. Smith have described 18 new taxa based on shells collected by explorer Joseph Thomson
Joseph Thomson (explorer)
Joseph Thomson was a Scottish geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. Thomson's Gazelle is named for him. Excelling as an explorer rather than an exact scientist, he avoided confrontations among his porters or with indigenous peoples, neither killing any...
. His works about freshwater snails of Africa include number of papers; new taxa described by Smith follows:
1877
- Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Plates 74-75.
- Melanoides turritispiraMelanoides turritispiraMelanoides turritispira is a species of gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.Original description by Edgar Albert Smith from 1877 describes a juvenile snail....
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Melanoides pupiformisMelanoides pupiformisMelanoides pupiformis is a species of freshwater snail, gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Melanoides polymorphaMelanoides polymorphaMelanoides polymorpha is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.This species is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Melania simonsi E. A. Smith, 1877 - it is considered as a synonym of Melanoides nodicinctaMelanoides nodicinctaMelanoides nodicincta is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae....
(Dohrn, 1865), but it may be a separate species. - Melanoides nyassanaMelanoides nyassanaMelanoides nyassana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.Melania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 may be s a synonym of Melanoides nyassana....
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Lanistes solidusLanistes solidusLanistes solidus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.- Distribution :It is found in Malawi and Mozambique....
E. A. Smith, 1877 - Lanistes affinis E. A. Smith, 1877 is a synonym of Lanistes ellipticus Martens, 1866
- Gabbiella stanleyiGabbiella stanleyiGabbiella stanleyi is a species of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.The specific name stanleyi is in honor of explorer Henry Morton Stanley....
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Bulinus nyassanusBulinus nyassanusBulinus nyassanus is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.This species is endemic to Malawi....
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Bulinus succinoidesBulinus succinoidesBulinus succinoides is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Planorbidae family. It is endemic to Malawi....
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Bullia mozambicensisBullia mozambicensisBullia mozambicensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Distribution:Distribution of Bullia mozambicensis includes:* Mozambique...
E. A. Smith, 1877 - Donax aemulus E. A. Smith, 1877 is a synonym of Donax lubricus Hanley, 1845
- Melanoides turritispira
1880
- Smith E. A. (1880). "On the shells of Lake Tanganyika and of the neighbourhood of Ujiji, central Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 344-352. Plate 31.
- Limicolaria martensianaLimicolaria martensianaLimicolaria martensiana is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.The specific name martensiana is in honor of German zoologist Eduard von Martens.- Distribution :...
(E. A. Smith, 1880)
- Limicolaria martensiana
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- Ennea lata E. A. Smith, 1880
- Ennea ujijiensis E. A. Smith, 1880
- Tiphobia E. A. Smith, 1880
- NeothaumaNeothaumaNeothauma tanganyicense is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.This is the only species in the genus Neothauma.- Distribution :...
E. A. Smith, 1880 - Neothauma tanganyicenseNeothauma tanganyicenseNeothauma tanganyicense is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.This is the only species in the genus Neothauma.- Distribution :...
E. A. Smith, 1880
- Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430.
- Limnotrochus E. A. Smith, 1880
- Limnotrochus thomsoniLimnotrochus thomsoniLimnotrochus thomsoni is a species of tropical freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.Limnotrochus thomsoni is the only species in the genus Limnotrochus....
E. A. Smith, 1880 - Chytra kirkiChytra kirkiChytra kirki is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.Chytra kirki is the only species in the genus Chytra....
(E. A. Smith, 1880) - Stanleya neritinoidesStanleya neritinoidesStanleya neritinoides is a species of freshwater gastropod in the Paludomidae family.Stanleya neritinoides is probably the only species in the genus Stanleya. Genus Stanleya may be closely related to the genus Tanganyicia...
(E. A. Smith, 1880) - Tanganyicia rufofilosaTanganyicia rufofilosaTanganyicia rufofilosa is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.It was prior to 2002 placed within Thiaridae.- Distribution :...
(E. A. Smith, 1880) - SyrnolopsisSyrnolopsisSyrnolopsis is a genus of freshwater snails, gastropods in the Paludomidae family.Syrnolopsis is the type genus of the tribe Syrnolopsini.- Species :Species in the genus Syrnolopsis include:* Syrnolopsis gracilis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927...
E. A. Smith, 1880 - Syrnolopsis lacustrisSyrnolopsis lacustrisSyrnolopsis lacustris is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Paludomidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes....
E. A. Smith, 1880 - Melanoides admirabilisMelanoides admirabilisMelanoides admirabilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae....
(E. A. Smith, 1880) - Melania tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1880 is a synonym of Melanoides polymorphaMelanoides polymorphaMelanoides polymorpha is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.This species is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Mabiliella notabilis (E. A. Smith, 1880)
- Achatina thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880 is a synonym of Achatina spekei Dohrn
- Achatina kirkii E. A. Smith, 1880
- Subulona solidiuscula (E. A. Smith, 1880)
- Subulona lenta (E. A. Smith, 1880)
- Streptaxis craveni E. A. Smith, 1880
- Streptaxis gigas E. A. Smith, 1880 was described according to juvenile shell and it have never been found again. It belong to genus GigantaxisGigantaxisGigantaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae....
(E. A. Smith, 1880) - Gonaxis mozambicensis (E. A. Smith, 1880)
- Caelatura aegyptica (Cailliaud, 1826) f. horei (E. A. Smith, 1880) or Coelatura horeiCoelatura horeiCoelatura horei is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is found in Africa, in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes....
(E. A. Smith, 1880) - Unio thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880 is a synonym of Grandideriera burtoni (Woodward, 1859)
1881
- Smith E. A. (1881). "On a collection of shells from lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 276-300. Plates 32-34.
- Zingis nyassana (E. A. Smith, 1881)
- Achatina craveniAchatina craveniAchatina craveni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails.-Distribution:Distribution of Achatina craveni includes "between Zanzibar and Lake Tanganyika"....
E. A. Smith, 1881 - Ampullaria gradata E. A. Smith, 1881 is a synonym of Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)
- Segmentina (Planorbula) alexandrina Ehrenberg var. tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1881 is referred as a synonym of Biomphalaria sudanicaBiomphalaria sudanicaBiomphalaria sudanica is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.- Distribution :This species is African, and occurs mainly in East Africa:...
(von Martens, 1870) - Unio nyassaensis Lea var. tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1881 is a synonym of Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864)
- Smith E. A. (1881). "Descriptions of two new species of shells from Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 558-561.
- ParamelaniaParamelaniaParamelania is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.-Species:There are two described species within the genus Paramelania and there may be more:...
E. A. Smith, 1881 - Paramelania damoniParamelania damoniParamelania damoni is a species of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.Specific name damoni is in honor of Mr...
(E. A. Smith, 1881) - Tiphobia (Paramelania) nassa Woodward var. paucicostata E. A. Smith, 1881 is a synonym of Lavigeria nassa (Woodward, 1859)
- Paramelania
1890
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- Streptostele (Raffraya) horei E. A. Smith, 1890
- Thapsia hanningtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890)
1895
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- Limicolaria saturata E. A. Smith, 1895
1899
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- Curvella nyasana E. A. Smith, 1899
- Curvella whytei E. A. Smith, 1899
1901
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- Gulella (Molarella) ugandensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
1903
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- Punctum ugandanum (E. A. Smith, 1903)
- Trachycystis lamellifera (E. A. Smith, 1903)
1904
- Smith E. A. (1904). "Some remarks on the Mollusca of Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 77-104.
- Bridouxia rotundataBridouxia rotundataBridouxia rotundata is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae....
(E. A. Smith, 1904) - Burtonilla E. A. Smith, 1904 is a synonym of AnceyaAnceyaAnceya is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.The name Anceya is in honor of César Marie Félix Ancey.This genus is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.-Species:...
Bourguignat, 1885
- Bridouxia rotundata
From Madagascar
- Smith E. A. (1882). "A contribution to the Molluscan fauna of Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 375-390. plates 21-22.
- Madagasikara johnsoniMadagasikara johnsoniMadagasikara johnsoni is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pachychilidae.- Distribution :This species is endemic to Madagascar...
(E. A. Smith, 1882) - ...
- Madagasikara johnsoni
From Borneo
- Smith E. A. (1904). "Description of a new species of Opisthostoma from Borneo". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 105.
- Opisthostoma beddomei E. A. Smith, 1904
From New Zealand
- Potamopyrgus jenkinsi (E. A. Smith, 1889) is a synonym of Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843)
Mr. Smith had some slight connexion with geological work, as he was appealed to on more than one occasion to determine molluscan remains found in the post-Pliocene
Pliocene
The Pliocene Epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch...
deposits of South Africa, when the majority of the species could be referred to recent forms. He was also joint author with Richard Bullen Newton of a paper:
- Newton R. B. & Smith E. A. (1912). "On the survival of a Miocene Oyster in Recent Seas". Records of the Geological Survey of India 42: 1-15 pp., 8 plates.
From South America
1877-
- Plekocheilus roseolabrum (E. A. Smith, 1877)
- Drymaeus aequatorianus (E. A. Smith, 1877)
- Drymaeus albolabiatus (E. A. Smith, 1877)
- Drymaeus ochrocheilus (E. A. Smith, 1877)
- Drymaeus orthostomus (E. A. Smith, 1877)
- Drymaeus flavidulus (E. A. Smith, 1877)
- Drymaeus subpellucidus (E. A. Smith, 1877)
1907
- Smith E. A. (1907). "Notes on Achatina dennisoni Reeve, and A. magnifica Pfeiffer". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 313-314.
- no new taxa
Marine gastropods
1907- Smith E. A. (1907). "Notes on some species of Mitridae, with the description of M. Brettinghami, n.sp." Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 124-314.
- Mitra brettinghami E. A. Smith, 1907
- Smith E. A. (1907). "Description of a new species of Calliostoma from South Formosa". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 205.
- Calliostoma formosenseCalliostoma formosenseCalliostoma formosense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae....
E. A. Smith, 1907
- Calliostoma formosense
Further reading
(in chronology order)- Smith E. A. (1899?). "A catalogue of papers on Mollusca and Echinodermata by Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S., etc." London: privately printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ld., 14 pp.
- Anonymous (1916). "E. A. Smith". The NautilusThe Nautilus (journal)The Nautilus is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in malacology. Hence its scope includes all aspects of the biology, ecology, and systematics of mollusks....
30(7): 84. - Melvill J. C. (1917). "Obituary notice. Edgar Albert Smith, I.S.O." Journal of Conchology 15(5): 150-153.
- Woodward B. B.Bernard Barham WoodwardBernard Barham Woodward was a British malacologist, author of a catalogue of the works of Linnaeus. He was a member of staff at the British Museum, and then the Natural History Museum....
(1917). "Edgar Albert Smith, 1847-1916". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 12(3): 215-217. - Knight G. A. F. (1920). "Memorial notice of the late Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S., I.S.O." Glasgow Naturalist 8(4): 119-122.
- Boettger C. R.Caesar Rudolf BoettgerCaesar Rudolf Boettger was a German zoologist born in Frankfurt am Main. He specialized in malacology, particularly studying the land snails and slugs....
(1921). "Edgar Albert Smith". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 63(3): 121-125, frontispiece. Lamy É. (1921). "Nécrologie. Edgar-Albert Smith". Journal de Conchyliologie 66(1): 86-87. - Verdcourt B. (1974). "Bibliography of the papers of E. A. Smith relating to non-marine Mollusca of tropical Africa". Achatina 5: 117-119.
- Chatfield J. (1980). "A Conchologist’s tombstone [E.A. Smith]". The Conchologists’ Newsletter 74: 243-244.
- Trew A. (1993). "Edgar Albert Smith’s new molluscan names". Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 86 pp. van der Bijl A. N. (1994). "De correspondentie tussen M. M. Schepman (1847-1919) en E. A. Smith (1847-1916)". Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 280: 133-139.