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Smith, Sydney, 1911-1988 (zoologist)

 Person

Biography

Sydney Smith (1911-88), zoologist and Darwin specialist, attended St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, 1929-32. He later became a Fellow, 1939-88, and University Lecturer in Zoology.

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 Fonds

Sydney Smith: Papers on Charles Darwin

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8895
Scope and Contents

Letters and papers relating to Smith's work on Charles Darwin and the establishment of the Darwin Letters Project: correspondence with Frederick Burkhardt, joint editor, and others; correspondence with Nora Barlow and Robin Darwin about Darwin Papers; and lectures, including the Sandars Lectures, 1967, and Wilkins Lecture, 1982.

Dates: 1956-1988 (Circa)
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