> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 705](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333844) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9823-1) LSID 9823-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1278792) QID Q1278792 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Smith, William Wright (1875-1956), British botanist; MA Edinburgh 1896; high school teacher Edinburgh 1896-1902; lecturer in botany, Edinburgh University 1902-1907; keeper herbarium Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta 1907-1911; deputy keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 1911-1922; regius keeper and director of the garden ib. 1922-1956; Veitch memorial medal 1929; knighted 1932. **Abbreviated name**: *Wm.W. Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.W.Sm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection E|E]]; further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 664; Barnhart 3: 296; BJI 2: 167; Bossert p. 374; Desmond p. 571 (b. 2 Feb 1875, d. 15 Dec 1956); Hirsch p. 279; Hortus 3: 1204; Lenley p. 378; MW p. 460-461, suppl. p. 327; PH 209; TL-2/see G. Forrest; Tucker 3: 287; Urban-Berl. p. 399; Zander ed. 10, p. 718, ed. 11, p. 819. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1907: 403 (app. Calcutta), 1938: 214 (honorary professor of botany to the Royal Horticultural Society); Empire Forestry Rev. 1957: 3-4 (obit.); Forestry 30(1): 45. 1957 (obit. not.; p.p. erron.); Gard. Chron. 1932: 434 (knighthood), 1956: 676 (obit. not.); Who's who (London): 1923-1957; Who was who (London) 5: 1020. 1951-1960. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 128.1, 138.17, 138.46. 1980. - Cowan, J.M., Biogr. Mem. Fellows Roy. Soc. 3: 193-202. 1957 (biogr., portr., bibl.). - Fletcher, H.R., Taxon 6: 55-56. 1957 (obit.); Mem. Fell. R. Soc. 3: 193-202. 1957, Yearb. R. Soc. Edinburgh 1958: 47-50; J.R. Hort. Soc. 82: 103-106. 1957 (obit.); Roy. bot. Gard. Edinburgh 307-308 \[indexes\]. 1970 (many details); Story R. Hort. Soc. 297, 299, 334, 340, 363. 1969. - Matthews, J.R., Trans. Proc. bot. Soc., Edinburgh 37(2): 142-145. 1957 (obit., portr.). - Nelson, A., Nature 179: 126-127. 1957. - Roger, J.G., Proc. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isl. 2(4): 427-428. 1957 (obit.). - Stephenson, H.H., Who's who in Science international 1914: 534. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 180, 360. 1936, 3: 159, 168. 1937, 4: 562. 1938, 5: 295. 1939. - Watson, E.V., B.S.E. News 18: 8-11. 1976 (personal tribute to his memory). #### Eponymy *Smithiodendron* Hu (1936); *Smithorchis* Tang et Wang (1936). ### Publications ##### n.12.308. The genus Primula **Title** *The genus Primula* by W. Wright Smith, G. Forrest, H.R. Fletcher. Reprint... Vaduz (J. Cramer in der A.R. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft) 1977. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: George Forrest (1873-1932), Harold Roy Fletcher (1907-1978). *Publ*.: a facsimile reprint of 22 papers published in various journals; reprinted with original pagination as well as new continuous pagination, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], 1-835. *Copies*: BR, FAS, G, M, NY. – Plant Monograph Reprints 11, ISBN 3-7682-1118-5. *1*: The sections of the genus Primula, J.R. Hort. Soc. 54(1): 4-50. Jan 1929; itself reprinted with alterations from Notes R. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 16: 1-50, *pl. 224-225.* Mar 1928 (Smith and Forrest). *2*: Additions to the genus Primula, Notes R. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 19: 223-231. Oct 1931 (Smith). *3*: The genus Primula: section Candelabra, Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 33(2): 122-181. 1941. *4*:...: section Amethystina, ib. 33(3): 209-226. 1942 (Smith, Fletcher). *5*:....: section Minutissima, ib. 33(3): 227-266. 1942 (Smith, Fletcher). *6*:....: section Muscarioides, ib. 33(3): 267-294. 1942 (Smith, Fletcher). *7*:....: Sikkimensis, ib. 33(4): 431-458. 1943 (Smith, Fletcher). *8*:...: Souliei, ib. 33(4): 459-472. 1943 (Smith, Fletcher). *9*:...: Rofundifolia 33(4): 473-487. 1943 (Smith, Fletcher). *10*:...: Corturioides, ib. 34(1): 55-115. 1944 (Smith, Fletcher). *11*:...: Malvacea, ib. 34(1): 116-131. 1944 (Smith, Fletcher). *12*:...: Pycnoloba, ib. 34(1): 132-134. 1944 (Smith, Fletcher). *13*:...: Dryadifolia, ib. 34(1): 135-148. 1944 (Smith, Fletcher). *14*:...: Capitatae, ib. 34(1): 149-158. 1944 (Smith, Fletcher). *15*:...: Vernales, ib. 34(4): 402-468. 1948 (Smith, Fletcher). *16*:...: Soldanelloideae, J. Linn. Soc. London 52: 321-335... (Smith, Fletcher). *17*:...: Nivales, Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 60(2): 563-627. 15 Jul 1942 (as separate), (Smith, Fletcher). *18*:...: Farinosae, ib. 61(1): 61(1, 1): 1-69. 16 Nov 1943 (Smith, Fletcher). *19*:...: Petiolares, ib. 61(2, 10): 271-314. *7* Dec 1944 (Smith, Fletcher). *20*:...: sections Obconica et al., ib. 61(2, 17): 415-478. 6 Dec 1944 (Smith, Fletcher). *21*:...: sections Cuneifolia et al., ib. 61(3, 22): 631-686. 8 Sep 1948 (Smit, Fletcher). *22*:....: Additions and Corrections, Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 35(2): 180-202. 1950 (Smith, Fletcher).