Andrew Smith
| Dr Sir Andrew Smith MD, KCB, FRS | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1797 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1872 | ||||||||||||||||
| Residence |
Cape Town [APS] 51 Thurloe Square, W. [in A31/2/2 this address crossed out: 16 Alexander Square, Brompton hand written] 16 Alexander Square, Brompton [1867] | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation |
medical explorer | ||||||||||||||||
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Contents
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Office Notes
ESL Council 1843-44 Member
ESL Council 1844-45 Member
ESL Council 1845-46 Member
House Notes
assuming that Dr Andrew Smith, elected ESL 1844 and Sir Andrew Smith MD from 1865 ASL list same
spelt smyth in A3, but address correct
In A111/3 The Colonial Intelligencer 1847-1848 Dr. Smith is noted to be living in London, no longer a resident of Cape Town
1846.05.23 Resolved that the following Gentlemen be recommended to the Anniversary Meeting as the retiring members from the Council: W.P. Andrew Esq., Joseph Legg Postlethwaite Esq., Sir James Clark Bart., MD, Andrew Smith MD, John Clendinning, MD, James Whishaw Esq., W. Holt Yates MD
1872.10.22 death noted
Notes From Elsewhere
Sir Andrew Smith KCB (3 December 1797 – 11 August 1872) was a Scottish surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his major work, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.[1]
Smith was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire. He qualified in medicine at Edinburgh University obtaining an M.D. degree in 1819, having joined the Army Medical Services in 1816.
Member of Athenaeum Club from 1846