Frederick Adam Smith ( Swedish Fredrik Adam Smitt ) is a Swedish zoologist.
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Swede. Fredrik adam smitt | |
Date of Birth | May 9, 1839 |
Place of Birth | Halmstad |
Date of death | February 19, 1904 (64 years) |
Place of death | Stockholm |
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Scientific field | zoology |
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (for indication of authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Smitt " . |
Smith studied in Lund and Uppsala , where he became a Ph.D. in 1863. In 1861 and 1868, he participated in the Swedish expeditions to the island of Spitsbergen . Since 1871, the curator of the vertebrate department in the Museum of Natural History . Since 1875 member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . From 1879, he taught zoology at the University of Stockholm .
Proceedings
- A history of Scandinavian fishes (1892)