Gilbert Smith
Area:algae
Years: 1925-1951
Gilbert Smith was born to Elizabeth Mayher Smith and Erastus G. Smith on January 6, 1885 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Both parents were born and educated in Massachusetts; Elizabeth graduated from Mt. Holyoke College and Erastus from Amherst College. In Wisconsin, Erastus Smith was a Professor of Chemistry at Beloit College. Gilbert Smith graduated from Beloit in 1907, having concentrated on chemistry and botany. He attended the University of Wisconsin, completing his PhD in 1913 and, during that year, married Miss Helen Pfuderer. For the next decade he remained at the University of Wisconsin, attaining the position of associate professor at the Department of Botany. He was recruited to Stanford University in 1923, and in 1925 became Professor of Botany. Dr. Gilbert Smith came to Hopkins as a professor of botany in 1925. Positioned as faculty on the main campus, Gilbert, first taught his marine botany course at Hopkins in 1925, returning to teach the summer course for the next twenty-five years. Although he published many original articles, Smith is best known for his books, including Freshwater Algae of the United States (1933), Cryptogamic Botany (1938), and Marine Algae of the Monterey Peninsula (1944). With its graceful illustrations and superb descriptions of seaweed form and habitat, Marine Algae of the Monterey Peninsula was, and still is, a landmark achievement. Smith retired in 1950, but remained scientifically active until he died in 1959.
Publications:
He was best known for his books, particularly the Freshwater Algae of the United States, the Marine Algae of the Monterey Peninsula and the two volumes of Cryptogamic Botany.
Smith, Gilbert M. 1951 Sexuality of algae. Manual of Phycology--an instroduction to the algae and their biology 27:229-241
Smith, G.M. 1951 The sexual substances of algae. Plant Growth Substances, University of Wisconsin
Smith, Gilbert M. 1951 The classification of algae. Manual of Phycology--an instroduction to the algae and their biology 27:13-19
Smith, Gilbert 1950 Inheritance of sexuality in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. PNAS, v.36 #4 pp.246-248
SMITH G.M. Sexuality in Chlamydomonas 1948 Science (New York, N.Y.)
SMITH G.M. On the reproduction of some Pacific Coast species of Ulva 1947 American journal of botany
Smith, Gilbert 1947 The historical significance of names applied to reproductive structures of Algae. Faflowia, v.3 #2 pp.217-223
Smith, Gilbert 1946 On the structure and reproduction of Spongomorpha coalita (Rupr.) Collin. M.O.P. Iyengar Commemoration v. Journal of the Indian Botanical Society, pp.201-208
SMITH G.M. The nature of sexuality in Chlamydomonas 1946 American journal of botany
Smith G.M. The marine algae of California 1945 Science
Last class the Gilbert Smith taught at Hopkins
Smith, Gilbert 1944 Sublittoral marine algae of the Monterey peninsula. Proc. of the Cal. Acad. of Sci. v.XXV #4 pp.171-176
Smith, Gilbert 1944 Microaplanospores of Vaucheria. Farlowia v.1 #3 pp.387-389
Smith, Gilbert 1944 A comparative study of the species of Volvox. Trans. of the American Microscopical Society, v.LXIII #4 pp.265-310
On some rhodophyceae from the Monterey Peninsula, California, Smith, GM; Hollenberg, GJ. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY Volume: 30 Issue: 3 Pages: 211-222 Published: MAR 1943
Notes on some brown algae from the Monterey Peninsula, California, Smith, GM. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY Volume: 29 Issue: 8 Pages: 645-653 Published: OCT 1942
Smith, Gilbert 1940 Provisional keys to the genera of marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula, California. Prepared for use in connection with the courses on the Marine Algae given at the Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, pp.3-31
Smith, Gilbert 1939 Cryptogamic Botany--vol. 1 & 2, (Review). Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, v.XL #475 pp.149-172
Smith G.M. Nuclear phases and alternation of generations in the Chlorophyceae 1938 The Botanical Review
Smith, Gilbert 1931 Notes on the Volvocales--I-IV. Bull. of the Torrey Bot. Club, v.57 pp.359-370
Smith, Gilbert 1930 Notes on the Volvocales--I-IV. Bull. of the Torrey Bot. Club, v.57 #6 pp.359-419
Smith, Gilbert M. & Klyver, F.D. 1929 Draparnaldiopsis, a new member of the algal family Chaetophoraceae. Amer. Microscop. Sos. v.48 pp.196-203
Smith, Gilbert 1929 Draparnaldiopsis, a new member of the algal family Chaetrophoraceae. Trans. of the American Microscopical Society, v.XLVIII #2 pp.196-201
Smith, G.M. 1928 Food material as a growth-rate factor in Pacific Clams. Mollusca 9--11
Smith, Gilbert 1926 The plankton algae of the Okoboji Region. Trans. of the American Microscopical Society, v.XLV #3 pp.156-233
Smith, Gilbert 1924 Ecology of the plankton algae in the Palisades Interstate Park, including the relation of control methods to fish culture. Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, of Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse Univ. v.2 #2 pp.88-195
Smith, Gilbert 1922 The phytoplankton of the Muskoka region, Ontario, Canada. Trans. of the Wisconsin Acad. Of Sci. Arts & Letters, v.XX pp.323-364
Smith, Gilbert 1921 The phytoplankton of some artificial pools near Stockholm. Archiv fur Botanik, band 17 #13 pp.1-8
Smith, G.M. 1918 A second list of the algae found in Wisconsin lakes. Trans. of the Wisconsin Acad. Of Sci. Arts & Letters, v.XIX part I pp.614-654
Smith, Gilbert 1918 Cytological studies in the Protococcales III. Cell structure and autospore formation in Tetraedron minimum (A.Br.), Hansg. Annal of Botany, v.XXXII #CXXVIII pp.459-464
Smith, Gilbert 1917 The vertical distribution of Volvox in the plankton of Lake Monona. American Journal of Botany, v.5 pp.178-185
Smith, G. 1916 A monograph of the algal genus Scenedesmus based upon pure culture studies. Trans. of the Wisconsin Acad. of Sci, Arts & Letters, v.XVIII part 1 pp.422-530
Smith, Gilbert 1916 A preliminary list of algae found in the Wisconsin lakes. Trans. of the Wisconsin Acad. Of Sci. Arts & Letters, v.XVIII part II pp.531-565
Smith, Gilbert 1916 New or interesting algae from the lakes of Wisconsin. Bull. of the Torrey Bot. Club, v.43 #9
Smith, Gilbert 1916 Cutological studies in the Protococcales. II. Cell structure and Zoospore formation in Pediastrun boryanbum (Turp.), Menegh. Annals of Botany. v.XXX #CXIX pp.467-479
Smith, Gilbert 1916 Cytological studies in the Protococcales. I. Zoospre formation in Characium sieboldii, A.Br. Annal of Botany, v.XXX #CXIX pp. 459-466
Smith, Gilbert 1914 The organization of the colony in certain four-celled algae. Trans. of the Wisconsin Acad. Of Sci. Arts & Letters, v.XVII part 2 pp.1165-1220
Smith, Gilbert 1914 The cell structure and colony formation in Scenedesmus. Archiv fur Protistenkunde, Zweiunddreissigster Band, pp. 278-297
Smith, Gilbert 1913 The preservation of fresh water Chlorophyceae. The Plant World, v.16 #8 pp.219-230
Smith, Gilbert 1913 Tetradesmus, a new four-celled Coenobic Alga. Bull. of the Torrey Bot. Club. v.40 #2 pp.75-87
Smith, Gilbert 1913 The use of Celloidin membranes for the demonstration of osmosis. Bot. Gazette, v.56 #3 pp.225-229
Memorial Resolution:
Gilbert Morgan Smith 1885-1959 Autobiographic Notes