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W. H. Smith

From the state marker

“United States Senator, 1950-53, speaker N.C. House of Representatives, president American Bar Assn. Home is 100 yds. W., grave is two miles S.E.”

State historical marker: H-64: Willis Smith

Also found in catalogs as W. H. (William Henry) Smith.

1846–1925 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds one work for W. H. Smith so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

Life and Orange County connections

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  1. The university names W. H. Smith professor of natural history The executive committee of the University elected Prof. W. H. Smith, late of the University of Alabama, to the chair of natural history, covering zoology, botany and geology. Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, September 6, 1876, p. 3

Indexed works

Works about or by W. H. Smith. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.

Putting Down Roots

Burk, William R. · 2023

William R. Burk's history of botany at the University of North Carolina, from its early natural scientists such as Denison Olmsted and Elisha Mitchell through later figures including George Francis Atkinson, Joseph Austin Holmes and Henry Van Peters Wilson, closing with a chapter on the Department of Botany itself. Published in Fort Worth in 2023.

Included because: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Smith, W. H. 1846-1925.

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Background

  • Historical marker H-64: Willis SmithNC Highway Historical Marker United States Senator, 1950-53, speaker N.C. House of Representatives, president American Bar Assn. Home is 100 yds. W., grave is two miles S.E.

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  • NC LIVE: prepared search for W. H. Smith Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
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