> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 703](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333842) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9821-1) LSID 9821-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21516205) QID Q21516205 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Smith, William (1808-1857), Irish clergyman and diatomologist; professor of natural history, Cork from 1854. **Abbreviated name**: *Wm. Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Sm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (diat.), [[Collection CRK|CRK]] ("plants"); other diatom coll. at [[Collection AWH|AWH]], [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 296; BB p. 281; BM 4: 1950; CSP 5: 733; Desmond p. 570 (b. 12 Jan 1808, d. 6 Oct 1857); De Toni 1: cxvi-cxvii, 2: cix-cx, cxxv; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 343; Jackson p. 243, 414; NI 1868; Nordstedt p. 29; PR 8753. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 18: 312. 1860 (brief obit., coll. at BM); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1857-1858: xxxvii-xxxviii (obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 328.6. 1980. - Deby, J., Bibl. microsc. microgr. stud. 3 (Diat.): 50. 1882. - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 557. 1969 (coll.). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 184. 1904 ('his collection of Diatomaceae, comprising 729 slides and 512 diatomaceous earths). - Praeger, R.L., Some Irish naturalists 156. 1949. - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid univ. 473. 1984. - VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. Diat. 4: 2374. 1971, 6: 3593. 1978, 7: 4231. 1978. - Wornardt, W.W., INt. direct. diat. 36. 1968. #### Eponymy *Smithiella* H. Peragallo et M. Peragallo (1901). *Note*: Booknumber 12.304 has not been used. ### Publications ##### n.12.305. A synopsis of the British Diatomaceae **Title** *A synopsis of the British Diatomaceae*; with remarks on their structure, functions and distribution; and instructions for collecting and preserving specimens... London (printed for Smith and Beck,... published by John van Voorst,...) 1853-1856, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. Brit. Diat.* **Notes** *Artist*: Tuffen West (1823-1891). *1*: 1853 (p. \[iii\]: Mar 1853), frontisp. (coll. lith.), p. \[i\]-xxxiii, \[xxxiv\], \[1\]-89, \[1-2, adv. slides Diat.\], *pl. 1-29*, suppl. *pl. 30-31* (uncol. liths.). *2*: 1856 (p. iv: Mar 1856), frontisp. (col. lith.), \[i\]-xxix, \[xxx\], \[1\]-107, \[1-4, adv. slides\], *pl. 32-59*, suppl. *pl. 60-62* (uncol. liths.), *pl. A-E* (col. liths.). *Copies*: AWH, FH, G, NY, PH; IDC 6405. ##### n.12.306. List of British Diatomaceae **Title** *List of British Diatomaceae* in the collection of the British Museum... London (published by order of the Trustees) 1859. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *List Brit. Diat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1859 (p. iii: 1 Nov 1859), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-55. *Copies*: BR, PH(2).