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Annie Lorrain Smith, the Glossary

Annie Lorrain Smith (23 October 1854 – 7 September 1937) was a British lichenologist whose Lichens (1921) was an essential textbook for several decades.^[1]

36 relations: Botany, British Mycological Society, Canonbie, Civil list, Clare Island, Clare Island Survey, Clew Bay, Cryptogam, Dictionary of National Biography, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Ethel Sargant, Everton, Liverpool, Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Fungus, Gretna Green, Heinrich Anton de Bary, Herbarium, James Lorrain Smith, Lichen, Lichenology, Linnean Society of London, Liverpool, London, Margaret Jane Benson, Matilda Cullen Knowles, Mycology, Natural History Museum, London, Order of the British Empire, Oxford University Press, Parish, Pathology, Royal College of Science, Timeline of women in science, Verrucaria.
British lichenologists
British taxonomists
Women lichenologists

Botany

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

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British Mycological Society

The British Mycological Society is a learned society established in 1896 to promote the study of fungi.

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Canonbie

Canonbie (Canonbaidh) is a small village in Dumfriesshire within the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, south of Langholm and north of the Anglo-Scottish border.

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Civil list

A civil list is a list of individuals to whom money is paid by the government, typically for service to the state or as honorary pensions.

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Clare Island

Clare Island (or Oileán Chliara), also historically Inishcleer, is a mountainous island guarding the entrance to Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Clare Island Survey

The Clare Island Survey was a multidisciplinary (zoological, botanical, archaeological, and geological) survey of Clare Island, off the west coast of Ireland.

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Clew Bay

Clew Bay (Cuan Mó) is a large ocean bay on the Atlantic coast of County Mayo, Ireland.

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Cryptogam

A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant (in the wide sense of the word) or a plant-like organism that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Dukinfield Henry Scott

Dr Dukinfield Henry Scott FRS HFRSE LLD (28 November 1854 – 29 January 1934) was a British botanist.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway (Dumfries an Gallowa; Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Ethel Sargant (28 October 1863 – 16 January 1918) was a British botanist who studied both the cytology and morphology of plants. Annie Lorrain Smith and Ethel Sargant are 19th-century British botanists, 19th-century British women scientists and British women botanists.

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Everton, Liverpool

Everton is a district of north Liverpool, England, and part of the Liverpool Walton constituency.

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Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)

The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the Disruption of 1843.

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Fungus

A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Gretna Green

Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the Scottish side of the border between Scotland and England, defined by the small river Sark, which flows into the nearby Solway Firth.

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Heinrich Anton de Bary

Heinrich Anton de Bary (26 January 183119 January 1888) was a German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology).

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Herbarium

A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.

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James Lorrain Smith

James Lorrain Smith FRS FRSE FRCPE (21 August 1862 – 18 April 1931) was a Scottish pathologist known for his works in human physiology, especially his research on respiration in collaboration with John Scott Haldane.

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Lichen

A lichen is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship.

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Lichenology

Lichenology is the branch of mycology that studies the lichens, symbiotic organisms made up of an intimate symbiotic association of a microscopic alga (or a cyanobacterium) with a filamentous fungus.

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Linnean Society of London

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

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Margaret Jane Benson

Margaret Jane Benson (20 October 1859 – 20 June 1936) was an English botanist specialising in paleobotany, and one of the first female members of the Linnean Society of London. Annie Lorrain Smith and Margaret Jane Benson are 19th-century British botanists, 20th-century British women scientists and British women botanists.

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Matilda Cullen Knowles

Matilda Cullen Knowles (31 January 1864 – 27 April 1933) is considered the founder of modern studies of Irish lichens following her work in the early twentieth century on the multi-disciplinary Clare Island Survey. Annie Lorrain Smith and Matilda Cullen Knowles are women lichenologists.

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References

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

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Annie Lorrain Smith, the Glossary

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British lichenologists

British taxonomists

Women lichenologists

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