> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 670](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333809) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9788-1) LSID 9788-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5850351) QID Q5850351 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Smith, Eugene Allen (1841-1927), American geologist and plant collector; A.B. Univ. Alabama 1862; at Berlin, Göttingen and Heidelberg 1865-1868; Dr. phil. Heidelberg 1868; LL.D. Univ. Mississipi 1899; with the Alabama Geological Survey 1868-1871; professor of mineralogy and geology Univ. Alabama from 1871; State geologist of Alabama from 1873. **Abbreviated name**: *Eu.A. Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.A.Sm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ALU|ALU]]; duplicates in [[Collection MICH|MICH]] and [[Collection US|US]]; see also under C.T. Mohr. The correspondence between C.T. Mohr and E.A. Smith is at the A.G. Gorgas Library, Univ. Alabama. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 291 (b. 27 Oct 1841, d. 7 Sep 1927); BM 4: 1944-1945, 8: 1204; DAB 9: 263-264; Merrill p. 565, 711; Morren ed. 10, p. 116; PH 81, 301, 567, 939; Rehder 1: 317; TL-2/6190, 6193, see C.T. Mohr; Tucker 1: 655. #### Biofile - Anon., Natl. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 6: 185. 1896; Who's who Amer. 1-15, 1899-1929; Who was who Amer. 1: 1141. 1968. - Cattell, J.H., ed., Amer. men sci. ed. 1: 296. 1906, ed. 2: 435. 1910. - Elliott, C.A., Biogr. dict. Amer. sci. 238. 1979. - Marquis, A.N., ed., Who's who in America 4: 1649. 1906-1907. - Owen, D.D., History of Alabama 4: 1579-1580 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1259. 1898, 4: 1404. 1904. - Wilson, J.G. & J. Fiske, eds., Appl. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 563. 1888. #### Composite works - (1) See under C.T. Mohr for *Plant life of Alabama* 1901, TL-2/6193. - (2) E.A. Smith collected the plants for C.T. Mohr, *Prelim. list pl. Alabama* 1880, TL-2/6190. – Reviewed Bull. Torrey bot. Club 7(6): 69. Jun 1880.