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Professor Sir David Cecil Smith (born 21 May 1930) FRS FRSE was the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1987 to 1994, and President of Wolfson College, Oxford.
Born in Port Talbot, South Wales, he studied Botany at The Queen's College, Oxford, and became a University Lecturer at Oxford University. He held the Chair of Botany at Bristol University, and returned to Oxford as Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy. After a period as Principal of Edinburgh University, he again returned to Oxford as President of Wolfson College, which he left in September 2000. [1]
He was awarded the Gold Medal for Botany of the Linnean Society and served as its President (2000–2003). He is a distinguished supporter of the British Humanist Association[1].
He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Campaign for Science and Engineering.[2]
References
- ^ Sir Gareth to take over at Wolfson College, Times Higher Education Supplement, 17 December 1999.
- ^ "Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering". http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/who/advisory.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
Academic offices Preceded by
John Harrison BurnettPrincipal of Edinburgh University
1987–1994Succeeded by
Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of HoundwoodPreceded by
William James Kennedy
(acting)President of Wolfson College, Oxford
1994–2000Succeeded by
Jon Stallworthy
(acting)Categories:- 1930 births
- Living people
- People from Port Talbot
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
- Welsh scholars and academics
- Academics of the University of Bristol
- Principals of the University of Edinburgh
- Presidents of Wolfson College, Oxford
- Honorary Fellows of Wolfson College, Oxford
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Members of the Linnean Society of London
- Knights Bachelor
- Welsh academic biography stubs
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