David Smith (botanist)

British academic

David Cecil Smith FRS FRSE FLS(born 21 May 1930 Port Talbot, South Wales – 29 June 2018) was a British botanist. Smith was most notable for his research into the biology of symbiosis and became a leading authority on it. Smith discovered that lichens and Radiata (coelenterates) shared a similar biological mechanism in carbohydrate metabolism. Further research by Smith demonstrated similar processes in organisms that worked within a symbiotic relationship.

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David Smith was born on Wednesday, 21 May 1930 in Port Talbot, South Wales. They were best known as a scientist. Smith's country of citizenship (nationality) was Welsh. They died on Friday, 29 June 2018 in Morningside, Edinburgh at the age of 88. Their zodiac star sign were Taurus.

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