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Worthington George Smith

1835–1917

Illustrator, botanist, and archaeologist. Apprentice to architects. Became a freelance architectural illustrator in 1861, then turned to botanical illustration. Studied and published in mycology. Beginning in 1878, made several significant discoveries of Palaeolithic sites, publishing two books.

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ODNB

Bibliography

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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