Harry Smith (botanist)

Harry Smith
FRS
Born (1935-09-19)September 19, 1935
Died February 9, 2015(2015-02-09) (aged 79)
Alma mater
Known for Photomorphogenesis
Spouse(s) Elinor
Children Siân, Caroline, Michael
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Institutions
Academic advisors Arthur Galston

Harry Smith FRS[1] (September 19, 1935 – February 9, 2015) was a British botanist. Smith is best known for his discovery that phytochromes can detect changes in the colour that plants receive (e.g., because of shading from neighbouring plants), which allows them to adjust their growth rates accordingly.[2]

Smith was the founding editor of the academic journal Molecular Ecology, and its managing editor from 1992 to 2008. He was also the founding editor of the journals Molecular Ecology Resources, Global Change Biology, and Plant, Cell & Environment.

In 2000, Smith was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Grierson, Donald (2018). "Harry Smith. 19 September 1935—9 February 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0045. ISSN 0080-4606.
  2. ↑ Rieseberg, Loren (2015). "Professor Harry Smith (1935-2015)". Molecular Ecology. 24 (10): 2299–2300. doi:10.1111/mec.13196. ISSN 0962-1083.


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