Smith, Huron H. (Huron Herbert), 1883-1933

Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians
Book 1928

Summary: Huron Herbert Smith was an American botanist and ethnobotanist. Born in Danville, Indiana, he studied and wrote about the use of plants by several tribes of Native Americans. He was an alumnus of Depauw University and Cornell University, and after receiving his degrees, became the assistant curator of botany at the Field Museum of Natural History followed then by becoming the head of the botany department at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Smith's botanical specimen collection is stored at the Milwaukee Public Museum, digitized and available for viewing online. Smith died in 1933 as the result of an automobile accident. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [2][1]; Unknown [3]
Born: 1883-07-26 [3][1]
Birth Place: Danville [1]; Danville, Ind. [3]
Died: 1933 [3]; 1933-02-25 [1]
Death Place: Glenview [1]
Country: United States [3]
Occupation: botanist [1]; photographer [1]; ethnobotanist [1]; writer [1]; botanical collector [1]; scientific collector [1]
Employer: Field Museum of Natural History [1]; Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin [1]
Educated at: Cornell University [1]; DePauw University [1]
Country of Education: United States [1]

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