> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 672](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333811) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9795-1) LSID 9795-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16938452) QID Q16938452 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Smith, Gilbert Morgan (1885-1959), American botanist; B.S. Beloit Coll. 1907; Dr. sci. ib. 1927; Dr. phil. Wisconsin 1913; botanical assistant Univ. Wisconsin 1909-1910; instructor Pomona Coll. 1910-1911; assistant Univ. Wisconsin 1911-1912; instructor 1912-1917; assistant prof. 1917-1919; assoc. prof. 1919-1925; professor of botany, Stanford Univ. 1925-1950; in retirement at Palo Alto, Calif. **Abbreviated name**: *G.M. Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.M.Sm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection GMS|GMS]] and [[Collection DS|DS]]. – *Letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 292 (b. 6 Jan 1885); Biol.-Dokum. 17: 8736; BM 8: 1205; Bossert p. 373; Hirsch p. 279; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 343, 2: (files); Lenley p. 378; NAF ser. 2. 6: 75; Roon p. 106; Tucker 3: 286. #### Biofile - Anon., Natl. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 47: 260-261. 1965; Nat. Nov. 34: 340. 1912 (app. Madison); Taxon 32(1): 159. 1983 (on G.M. Smith herbarium); The New York Times 14 Jul 1959, p. 29 (obit. not.; took part in post-atomic bomb survey Bikini 1947; Who's who Amer. 23-30. 1944-1959; Who was who Amer. 3: 795. 1960. - Cattell, J.M. et al., Amer. men sci. ed. 3: 637. 1921, ed. 4: 910. 1927, ed. 5: 1035. 1933, ed. 6: 1316. 1918, ed. 7: 1650. 1944, ed. 8: 2313. 1949, ed. 9: 1049. 1955. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 16, 76, 78, 79. 1969. - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 557. 1969 (types DS). - Page, R.M., Science 130: 1693-1695. 1959 (obit., portr.). - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. univ. 472. 1984. - Silva, P.C., Rev. algol. ser. 2. 5(2): 97-102, *pl. 12*. 1960 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Wiggins, I.L., Biogr. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 36: 289-313. 1962 (biogr., portr., bibl.). #### Composite works - (1) With J.B. Overton et al., *A textbook of general botany*, New York (Macmillan & Co.) 1924. (First years course in botany at the University of Wisconson; revised ed. 1928, ed. 3, 1935). - (2) Smith wrote obituaries of Charles Elmer Allen (1872-1954) in Biogr. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 29: 3-15. 1956 and of Douglas Houghton Campbell (1859-1953), ib. p. 45-63. #### Eponymy *Gilbertsmithia* M.O.P. Iyengar (1975); *Smithiella* B.V. Skvortsov (1968); *Smithimastix* B.V. Skvortsov (1969, "Smithimasthix"); *Smithora* G.J. Hollenberg (1959). ### Publications ##### n.12.197. Tetradesmus **Title** *Tetradesmus*, a new four-celled coenobic alga... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1913. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1913, cover-t.p., p. 75-87. *Copies*: G, US. – Reprinted from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 40(2): 78-87. 18 Mar 1913 (issue for Feb). ##### n.12.198. A monograph of the algal genus Scenedesmus **Title** *A monograph of the algal genus Scenedesmus*, based upon pure culture studies... Reprinted from the Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, vol. xviii, part ii... 1916. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1916 (cover), cover-t.p., p.422-530, *pl. 28-33* (uncol.). *Copies*: FH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Wisc. Acad. Sci. 18(2): 422-530, *pl. 28-33*. 1916. *Preliminary notice*: Arch. Protistenk. 32: 278-297. 1914. ##### n.12.199. A second list of algae found in Wisconsin Lakes **Title** *A second list of algae found in Wisconsin Lakes*... Reprinted from the Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences... December 1918. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1918, cover-t.p., p. 614-654, *pl. 10-15* (uncol.). *Copies*: FH, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci. 19(1): 614-654. Dec 1918. – The first list: *A preliminary list of algae found in Wisconsin lakes*, was published ib. 18(2): 531-565. 1916. ##### n.12.200. Phytoplankton of the inland lakes of Wisconsin **Title** *Phytoplankton of the inland lakes of Wisconsin*... Madison, Wis. (Published by the State) 1920-1924, 2 parts. Oct. *Oct*. **Abbreviated title**: *Phytoplankt. lakes Wisconsin*. **Notes** *1*: 1920 (p. 3: Feb 1919), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-243, *pl. 1-51* (uncol.). – Wisc. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 57 (sci. ser. 12). – Myxophyc., Phaeophyc, Heterok., Chlorophyc. (excl. Desmid.). *2*: 1924 (p. iii: 12 Mai 1924), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-227, *pl. 52-88* – Bull. Univ. Wisc. serial no. 1270. – Desmidiaceae. *Copies*: B, BR, FH, G, MO, PH, US, USDA. ##### n.12.201. The phytoplankton of some artificial pools near Stockholm **Title** *The phytoplankton of some artificial pools near Stockholm* \[Arkiv for Botanik 17(13). 1922\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: shortly after 12 Jan 1922 (printed 12 Jan 1922; publication in volumes 15 Mai 1922; Nat. Nov. Apr 1922), p. \[1\]-8. *Copies*: B, G, U, US; IDC 8562 (139). – Ark. Bot. 17(13). ##### n.12.202. The fresh-water algae of the United States **Title** *The fresh-water algae of the United States*... New York and London (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.) 1933. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fresh-water alg. U.S.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1933 (p. vii: Apr 1933; MO rd 16 Jun 1933), p. \[i\]-xi, 1-716. *Copies*: B-S, BR, FH, MO, NY, PH, USDA. – Sixth impression, id. 1933. *Ed. 2*: 1950 (p. \[v\]: Oct 1950), p. \[i\]-vii, 1-719. *Copies*: B, FH, G, PH, USDA. – New York, Toronto, London (id.) 1950. Oct. *Ref*.: Fritsch, F.E., J. Bot. 72: 146-148. 1934 (rev.). ##### n.12.203. Cryptogamic botany **Title** *Cryptogamic botany*... New York and London (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.) 1938, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Crypt. bot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1938. *Copies*: BR, FAS, FH, MO, MO-Steere, NY, PH, U, US, USDA. *1* (*Algae and fungi*): 1938 (p. v: Mar 1938; BR rd 17 Sep 1938), p. \[i\]-viii, 1-545. *2* (*Bryophytes and Pteridophytes*): 1938, p. v: Mar 1938; USDA rd 25 Mai 1938), p. \[i\]-vii, 1-380. *Ed. 2*: 1955. *Copies*: B, BR, FH, MO, NY, US, USDA. *1* (id.): 1955 (USDA rd 9 Mar 1955), p. \[i\]-ix, 1-546. *2* (id.): 1955, p. \[i\]-vii, 1-399. *International student edition*: s.d., as ed. 2, Tokyo (Kogakusha Company, Ltd.).