Henry Smeathman

British entomologist (1742-1786).

Henry Smeathman (1742–1786) was an English naturalist, best known for his work in entomology and colonial settlement in Sierra Leone. In 1771 the Quaker physician John Fothergill, along with two other members of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks and Marmaduke Tunstall, sponsored Smeathman to spend four years in and around the Sierra Leone peninsula studying its natural history, specifically its insects.

Abbreviations: Smeathman
Occupations: writer, scientific collector, entomologist, botanist, naval officer, botanical collector
Citizenships: Kingdom of Great Britain
Dates: 1742-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1786-07-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Scarborough
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi

1 plant contributed to1 plant:

Gardenia parviflora Smeathman ex DC. 1830
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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