Harry Smith (botanist)

Harry Smith FRS[1] (19 September 1935 – 9 February 2015) was a British botanist. Smith is best known for his discovery that phytochromes can detect changes in the colour that plants receive (e.g., because of shading from neighbouring plants), which allows them to adjust their growth rates accordingly.[2]

Harry Smith

FRS
Born(1935-09-19)19 September 1935
Died9 February 2015(2015-02-09) (aged 79)
Alma mater
Known forPhotomorphogenesis
Spouse(s)Elinor
ChildrenSiân, Caroline, Michael
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions
Academic advisorsArthur Galston

Smith was the founding editor of the academic journal Molecular Ecology, and its managing editor from 1992 to 2008. He was also the founding editor of the journals Molecular Ecology Resources, Global Change Biology, and Plant, Cell & Environment.

In 2000, Smith was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[1]

References
  1. Grierson, Donald (2018). "Harry Smith. 19 September 1935—9 February 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0045. ISSN 0080-4606.
  2. Rieseberg, Loren (2015). "Professor Harry Smith (1935-2015)". Molecular Ecology. 24 (10): 2299–2300. doi:10.1111/mec.13196. ISSN 0962-1083.


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