# Whitney Smith

> founder of vexillology, the study of flags (1940–2016)

**Wikidata**: [Q551671](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551671)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Smith)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/whitney-smith


## References

1. [Source](https://fiav.org/the-vexillon/)
2. [Source](https://fiav.org/fellows-of-the-fiav/)
3. International Standard Name Identifier
4. Virtual International Authority File
5. CiNii Research
6. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
7. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
8. IdRef