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William Wright Smith

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Sir William Wright Smith FRS FRSE FLS VMH LLD (2 February 1875 Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire – 15 December 1956) was a Scottish botanist and horticulturalist. [1]

30 relations: Beesia, Bhutan, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Botany, Dumfries Academy, Dumfriesshire, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Her Majesty's Botanist, Isaac Bayley Balfour, James Hartley Ashworth, Linnean Society of London, Lochmaben, Nepal, Photinia loriformis, Platanthera oreophila, Primula alpicola, Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Regius Professor, Roland Edgar Cooper, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Royal Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland, Sikkim, Tibet, Toulouse, University of Edinburgh, Veitch Memorial Medal, Victoria Medal of Honour.

Beesia

Beesia is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family.

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Bhutan

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan (Druk Gyal Khap), is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Dumfries Academy

Dumfries Academy is one of four secondary schools in Dumfries in south west Scotland.

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Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Her Majesty's Botanist

His/Her Majesty's Botanist is a member of the Royal household in Scotland.

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Isaac Bayley Balfour

Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist.

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James Hartley Ashworth

James Hartley Ashworth FRS FRSE DSc SZS (2 May 1874 – 4 February 1936) was a British marine zoologist.

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Linnean Society of London

The Linnean Society of London is a society dedicated to the study of, and the dissemination of information concerning, natural history, evolution and taxonomy.

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Lochmaben

Lochmaben (Gaelic: Loch Mhabain) is a small town and civil parish in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle.

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Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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Photinia loriformis

Photinia loriformis is a species in the family Rosaceae.

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Platanthera oreophila

Platanthera oreophila is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family.

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Primula alpicola

Primula alpicola, the moonlight primrose, is a species of Primula native to Bhutan and southeastern Tibet, where it grows in vast numbers along the Tsangpo valley alongside Primula florindae.

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Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Royal status of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is intrinsically linked to the issue of a Royal Warrant to the first Intendant of the Gardens in 1699.

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Regius Professor

A Regius Professor is a university professor with royal patronage or appointment.

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Roland Edgar Cooper

Roland Edgar Cooper FRSE FRSGS (16 June 1890 – 31 January 1962) was a British botanist and Curator of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from 1936 to 1950.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction.

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Royal Society

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Sikkim

Sikkim is a state in Northeast India.

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Tibet

Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.

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Toulouse

Toulouse (Tolosa, Tolosa) is the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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Veitch Memorial Medal

The Veitch Memorial Medal is an international prize issued annually by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

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Victoria Medal of Honour

The Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH) is awarded to British horticulturists resident in the United Kingdom whom the Royal Horticultural Society Council considers deserving of special honour by the Society The award was established in 1897 "in perpetual remembrance of Her Majesty's glorious reign, and to enable the Council to confer honour on British horticulturists." The Society's rules state that only sixty-three horticulturists can hold the VMH at any given time, in commemoration of the sixty-three years of Queen Victoria's reign.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wright_Smith

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