Andrew Smith

Sir Andrew Smith 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.

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Who was born first?

• Andrew Smith and Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke were born the same year
• Andrew Smith and Paweł Strzelecki were born the same year
• Andrew Smith and Ida Laura Pfeiffer were born the same year
• Andrew Smith and John Gardner Wilkinson were born the same year
• Andrew Smith was born 1 year before Charles Wilkes

Timeline

1. Andrew Smith (this page)December 3, 1797 – August 11, 1872
2. Friedrich Benjamin von LütkeSeptember 17, 1797 – August 8, 1882
3. Ida Laura PfeifferOctober 14, 1797 – October 27, 1858
4. John Gardner WilkinsonOctober 5, 1797 – October 29, 1875
5. Paweł StrzeleckiJuly 20, 1797 – October 6, 1873
6. Charles WilkesApril 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877

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