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### 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).