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'''Andrew Smith'''
{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = Andrew
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ESL, ASL, AI Ordinary Fellow <br />ASL Foundation Fellow<br />APS Hon member <br />
| left = 1872.10.22 deaddeceased
| clubs = Athenaeum Club
| societies = Royal Society
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
ESL Council 1844 1843-44 Member<br />ESL Council 1844-45 Member<br />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<br />spelt smyth in A3, but address correct<br />In A111/3 The Colonial Intelligencer 1847-1848 Dr. Smith is noted to be living in London, no longer a resident of Cape Town<br />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<br />1872.10.22 death noted<br /><br />
=== 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]<br />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.<br /><br />Member of Athenaeum Club from 1846