Up for auction a RARE! "Museum of Natural History" Albert C Smith Signed First Day Cover Dated 1963.

ES-7909E

Albert

Charles Smith (April 5, 1906 –

May 23, 1999) was an American botanist. He was a director of the National Museum of Natural

History, and chaired several important scientific societies,

such as the American

Society of Plant Taxonomists. Smith was elected to membership in the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1963, and

was a distinguished botanist who specialized in Pteridophytes and Spermatophytes.

He worked in the United States and Fiji.