Annie Lorrain Smith
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Annie Lorrain Smith was a British lichenologist whose Lichens was an essential textbook for several decades. She was also a mycologist and founder member of the British Mycological Society, where she
Annie Lorrain Smith
Linnean Society of London
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The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biologica
Annie Lorrain Smith
…is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. In December 1904 she was elected one of the first women Fellows of the Linnaean Society (others included Ethel Sargant and Margaret Jane Benson) after a change in the society's bye-laws. She was later a member of their council (1918 -1921…
Burlington House: the Linnean Society occupies the range to the left of, and above, the entrance arch
The society's premises in Burlington House seen from within the courtyard
The first admission of women as fellows of the society in 1905 (original version), Emma Louisa Turner is on the far left, Lilian J. Veley is shown signing the membership book, whilst Lady Crisp receives the 'hand of Fellowship' from the president, William Abbott Herdman, behind Lilian J. Veley and standing is Constance Sladen – from a painting by James Sant (1820–1916) held by The Linnean Society of London
The library of the Linnean Society, Burlington House