Barry Smith (ontologist)

Barry Smith
Born	(1952-06-04) 4 June 1952 (age 72) Bury, England
Citizenship	American
Education	University of Oxford University of Manchester (PhD, 1976)
Known for	Truthmaker theory European Society for Analytic Philosophy IFOMIS OBO Foundry Basic Formal Ontology
Awards	Wolfgang Paul Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Scientific career
Fields	Ontology Philosophy
Institutions	University of Manchester University of Sheffield International Academy of Philosophy, Liechtenstein University at Buffalo
Thesis	The Ontology of Reference: Studies in Logic and Phenomenology (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Wolfe Mays
Doctoral students	Berit Brogaard
Other notable students	David Koepsell Amie Thomasson
Website	ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/

Barry Smith (born 4 June 1952) is an academic working in the field of Appied Ontology. Smith is the author of more than 700 scientific publications, including 15 authored or edited books. He is one of the most widely cited living philosophers.^[1]