Worthington George Smith was an English cartoonist and illustrator, antiquarian, archaeologist, plant pathologist, and mycologist. Originally trained as an architect he moved to illustration and began to study and draw fungi, particularly those affecting crop plants.
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![Smith's cover design for The Midland Naturalist, the journal of the Union of Midland Natural History Societies, whose design he described in the first issue[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Midland_Naturalist_-_Volume_1_-_title_page.jpg/500px-Midland_Naturalist_-_Volume_1_-_title_page.jpg)
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Brian Laurence BurttAlso won Veitch Memorial Medal
William Bertram TurrillAlso won Veitch Memorial MedalWilliam Rickatson DykesAlso won Veitch Memorial Medal
Alfred Barton RendleAlso won Veitch Memorial MedalJean O'Neill, Lady O'Neill of the MaineAlso won Veitch Memorial MedalAbout this person
Worthington George Smith was an English cartoonist and illustrator, antiquarian, archaeologist, plant pathologist, and mycologist. Originally trained as an architect he moved to illustration and began to study and draw fungi, particularly those affecting crop plants. In the 1870s he took a special interest in archaeology, studying stone tools and other human remains. He also studied the history of Dunstable, serving as freeman of the Borough.
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