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Also known as Smith, Sir Andrew Smith

Scottish surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist (1797–1872)

Person · Open Library

Works
353

Top works

  • Stretching the Sociological Imagination
  • Chronicon
  • CRAC Degree Course Guides
  • Devil in the Stack
  • Theories and Concepts in Work and Employment Relations

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1969-08-06
Active to
2003-10-21

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Listeners
2,539
Total plays
20,683

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There are multiple artists with the name Andrew Smith. 1. Andrew Smith (b. 1970) is a British-Norwegian composer with a growing international reputation for choral and vocal music that links tradition with a contemporary idiom. In the words of Alexandra Coghlan, “…Smith’s compositions incorporate medieval textures and chant, which are reflected and inflected through [his] own contemporary idiom, blurring the modal clarity of plainchant with vivid cluster-chords and dissenting moments of chromat

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Key facts

Born
( 1797-12-03 ) 3 December 1797, Hawick , Roxburghshire
Died
11 August 1872 (1872-08-11) (aged 74), London
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
Fields
Botany surgeon ethnologist zoologist
Author abbrev zoology
A. Smith

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Andrew
Family name
Smith
Gender
male
Place of birth
Hawick
Place of death
London
Occupation
explorer
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
ornithology
Conflict
Crimean War
Military branch
British Army
Image
Sir Andrew Smith.jpg
Residence
Scotland
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date of birth
1797-12-03
date of death
1872-08-11
Commons Creator page
Andrew Smith
Commons category
Andrew Smith (zoologist)
author citation (zoology)
Smith
name in native language
Andrew Smith
writing language
English language
member of
Royal Society
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Andrew Smith KCB (3 December 1797 – 11 August 1872) was a British surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his major work, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.

Smith was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire. He qualified in medicine at the University of Edinburgh obtaining an M.D. degree in 1819, having joined the Army Medical Services in 1816.

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