What is Andrew Smith (zoologist)?
[[File:Sir Andrew Smith.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sir Andrew Smith]] '''Sir Andrew Smith''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (3 December 1797 – 11 August 1872) was a Scottish [[surgery|surgeon]], explorer, [[ethnologist]] and [[zoology|zoologist]]. He is known as the father of zoology in South Africa. He discovered many species in his major work, ''Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92533|title=v. 2 (Incomplete) – Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa : – Biodiversity Heritage Library|access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref> Smith was born in [[Hawick]], [[Roxburghshire]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Andrew}} [[Category:Scottish scientists]] [[Category:Scottish writers]] [[Category:British explorers]] [[Category:British zoologists]] [[Category:British ornithologists]] [[Category:1797 births]] [[Category:1872 deaths]] [[Category:British surgeons]] [[Category:British ethnologists]] {{bio-stub}}