Lyman Bradford Smith

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(1904-1997)

Studied at Harvard University, earning B.A.,M.A. & Ph.D. Staff member of Gray Herbarium 17 yrs, 5 as Curator. Botanist at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, 28 yrs. Studied tropical plant families of Central and South America, making significant contributions to the literature of Bromeliaceae and Begoniaceae.