Smith, Albert C. (Albert Charles), 1906-1999

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From the description of Albert A. Smith oral history interview : Tape and transcript, 1983 February 3 [sound recording] / conducted by Marsha C. Martin. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122637243

Albert C. Smith (1906-1999) was born on April 5, 1906, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1926, and his PhD in 1933. In 1928, he became a staff member at the New York Botanical Garden. He made his first tropical trips to Colombia, Peru, and Brazil from 1926 to 1929. His botanical studies at the New York Botanical Garden were divided between South American and Pacific plants. Smith left New York to be the curator of Arnold Arboretum Herbarium at Harvard, working there until 1948 when he returned to Washington and the Smithsonian Institution. At the Smithsonian he served as curator in the Department of Botany, then as the director of the National Museum of Natural History (1958-1962). He was briefly was the assistant secretary (1962-1963), and then a program director at the National Science Foundation. He left Washington and went to Hawaii, where he became director of research and professor of botany at the University of Hawaii until 1970. He moved to the University of Massachusetts until 1976, returning to Hawaii to work at the National Tropical Botanical Garden as editorial consultant. He died in Honolulu in 1999.

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creatorOf Degener, Otto, 1899-. Otto Degener records 1920-1987. New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
creatorOf Degener, Otto, 1899-. Otto Degener records, 1920-1987. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Smith, Albert A., 1906-. Albert A. Smith oral history interview : Tape and transcript, 1983 February 3 [sound recording] / conducted by Marsha C. Martin. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Arnold Arboretum. Collection lists and expedition itineraries, 1910- Harvard University, Gray Herbarium
referencedIn Harvard University. Herbaria. Combined records of the Arnold Arboretum and the Gray Herbarium, 1850- Harvard University, Gray Herbarium
referencedIn Harold William Rickett records, [ca. 1920-1973] New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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associatedWith Arnold Arboretum. corporateBody
associatedWith Degener, Otto, 1899- person
associatedWith Harvard University. Herbaria. corporateBody
associatedWith Martin, Marsha C., 1944- person
associatedWith National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Phanerogams. corporateBody
associatedWith National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Office of the Director. corporateBody
associatedWith New York Botanical Garden. Library. Office of the Bibliographer. corporateBody
associatedWith Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions (1956-1959) corporateBody
associatedWith Terry-Holden Expedition, 1937 corporateBody
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Syracuse (Utah)
Layton (Utah)
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Birth 1906-04-05

Death 1999-05-23

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