Smith, James Leonard Brierley

PE Spargo, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003609

1897–1968 South African ichthyologist particularly associated with the discovery, identification and nature of the coelacanth.

Keywords: ichthyology; coelacanth; palaeontology

Figure 1. James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968). Copywright © JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, with permission.
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 Further Reading
    Smith JLB (1939) A living fish of the mesozoic type. Nature 143: 455.
    Smith JLB (1939) A surviving fish of the order Actinistia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 27(1): 47–50. (Reprinted in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 47(1), 1989, 12–17.)
    book Smith JLB (1949) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa: Central News Agency.
    book Smith JLB (1956) Old Fourlegs, The Story of the Coelacanth. London: Longmans Green.
    book Weinberg S (1999) A Fish Caught in Time. London: Fourth Estate.

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Spargo, PE(Apr 2001) Smith, James Leonard Brierley. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003609]