Smith, Annie Lorrain
(1854–1937)
- Mary R. S. Creese
Extract
Smith, Annie Lorrain (1854–1937), mycologist and lichenologist, was born on 23 October 1854 in Everton, Liverpool, a younger daughter of the Revd Walter Smith, minister in the Free Church of Scotland, and his wife, Annie Lorrain, née Brown. The family was large and talented; three sons became university professors....