Sir William Wright Smith FRS FRSE DèsSc FLS VMH (2 February 1875 Lochmaben

Lochmaben

Lochmaben is a small town in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle. It lies four miles west of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway.-Notable people:*Angus Douglas - Scottish internationalist footballer...

, Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries is a registration county of Scotland. The lieutenancy area of Dumfries has similar boundaries.Until 1975 it was a county. Its county town was Dumfries...

 - 1956) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 botanist and horticulturalist.

Educated at Dumfries Academy

Dumfries Academy

Dumfries Academy is one of four secondary schools in the town of Dumfries in South West Scotland.-History:Dumfries Academy has existed in its present form, though not in the buildings it currently occupies, since 1804...

 and the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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, he rose to become the Queen's Botanist in Scotland, the Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh, and President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Royal Society of Edinburgh

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.

See also

• List of botanists by author abbreviation
• The Veitch Memorial Medal
  The Veitch Memorial Medal
  The Veitch Memorial Medal, is a prestigious international prize issued annually by the Royal Horticultural Society .-Goal:The prize is awarded to "persons of any nationality who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement and improvement of the science and practice of horticulture"...
  
  
• Beesia
  Beesia
  Beesia is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family. It was named after the plant nursery firm Bees of Chester, who financed the plant hunting trips of George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward in China.Species include:*Beesia calthifolia...
  
  
• Photinia loriformis
  Photinia loriformis
  Photinia loriformis is a species in the family Rosaceae. They grow to a height of approximately 3 meters. They are common in China.-References and external links:*...
  
  
• Platanthera oreophila
  Platanthera oreophila
  Platanthera oreophila is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to Yunnan Province of China.-Source:* China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
  
  
• Primula alpicola
  Primula alpicola
  Primula alpicola, sometimes called the moonlight primrose, is a species of Primula native to southeastern Tibet, where it grows in vast numbers along the Tsangpo valley alongside Primula florindae. Their habitats hardly ever overlap; P. florindae prefers wetter soils close to rivers, giving way to P...