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alternate name: David C. Smith
alternate name: David Cecil Smith
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description: British botanist (1930-2018)
birth date: 1930-05-21
death date: 2018-06-29
birth place: Port Talbot
death place: Morningside
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alumni of: University of Edinburgh
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works for: University of Bristol
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