Sydney Smith (forensic expert)

Sir
Sydney Smith
Born(1883-08-04)August 4, 1883
DiedMay 8, 1969(1969-05-08) (aged 85)
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh
Medical career
ProfessionPathologist
Sub-specialtiesForensic pathology
Medical jurisprudence
Medical law

Sir Sydney Alfred Smith CBE OPR FRSE (4 August 1883 – 8 May 1969), was a forensic scientist, pathologist and one of the pre-eminent medico-legal specialists in the world.[1][2][3][4] From 1928 to 1953, Smith was Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, a well-known forensic department of that time.[5] Smith's iconic 1959 autobiography Mostly Murder has run through many British and American editions[6] and has been translated into several other languages.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Sir Sydney Smith and the development of police forensic laboratories". Prof. Alison Adam, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Sir Sydney Alfred Smith". The New Zealand Edge. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  3. ^ Pitman, Joy (1988). "Out of the College archives: The Sydney A. Smith Collection" (PDF). Proc. R. Coll. Physicians Edinb. 18 (2): 213–218. PMID 11621535. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2006.
  4. ^ "Sir Sydney Alfred Smith Biography (1883–1969)". Biography. A&E Television Networks. Retrieved 9 March 2008. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Professor Sir Sydney Alfred Smith, 1884 - 1969. Professor of Forensic Medicine at Edinburgh University | National Galleries of Scotland". www.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. ^ Smith, Sir Sydney (1959). Mostly Murder. London: Harrap. ISBN 0-88029-306-3.
  7. ^ "ලොව හෙල්ලු අභිරහස් මිනීමැරුම් පිළිබඳ අධිකරණ වෛද්‍ය පරීක්ෂණ - MOSTLY MURDER – SYDNEY SMITH". Abaya Hewawasam for Sooriya publishers. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Meistens mord: aus den Erinnerungen Gerichtsarztes / Sir Sydney Smith". Micheline Maurits for Fischer Bücherei publishers, Frankfurt & Hamburg. 30 May 1963. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

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