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Aberdeen University granted him an honorary doctorate (LLD). He was elected President of the
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From 1907 until 1910, Smith went travelling in northern India with his nephew and ward,
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He was married to Emma Wiedhofft. In 1905 they took guardianship of their nephew,
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where he graduated MA around 1895. He then undertook postgraduate studies at the
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This biographical article about a Scottish scientist is a
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Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Lochmaben
University of Edinburgh
FRS
FRSE
Fellow of the Linnean Society
Victoria Medal of Honour
The Veitch Memorial Medal
Botany
University of Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Author abbrev. (botany)
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
Lochmaben
Dumfriesshire
Scottish
Lochmaben
Dumfriesshire
Dumfries Academy
University of Edinburgh
University of Toulouse
Queen's Botanist in Scotland
Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Regius Professor
Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Isaac Bayley Balfour
James Hartley Ashworth
Donald Cameron McIntosh

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