Smith, Annie Lorrain (1854–1937)
Smith, Annie Lorrain (1854–1937)
Scottish botanist. Born 1854 in Dunfriesshire, Scotland; died 1937; educated in Germany and France.
Studied botany with D. H. Scott at South Kensington; assisted W. C. Carruthers at the British Museum of Natural History and worked in the botany department (1902–34); served as president of British Mycological Society (1907 and 1917); published the textbook, Lichens. Made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1934).
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