Matilda Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matilda Smith

British botanical illustrator

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1854

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1926

Profession: botanist, botanical illustrator, scientific illustrator

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Matilda Smith (1854–1926) was a botanical artist whose work appeared in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for over forty years.
She became the first artist to depict New Zealand's flora in depth, the first official artist of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and the second woman to become an associate of the Linnaean Society.
The standard author abbreviation M.Sm.
is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.