J. L. B. Smith

James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. Ọ bụ ya bụ onye mbụ chọpụtara azụ̀ a na-akpọ taxidermied dị ka coelacanth, nke e chere na ọ gbanyụrụla kemgbe.

 Oge ọ malitere 
A mụrụ ya na Graaff-Reinet, na 26 Septemba 1897, Smith bụ okenye n'ime ụmụ nwoke abụọ nke Joseph Smith na nwunye ya, Emily Ann Beck. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ obodo na Noupoort, De Aar, na Aliwal North, o mechara banye na 1914 na Diocesan College, Rondebosch . O nwetara nzere Bachelor of Arts na chemistry na Mahadum Cape of Good Hope na 1916 na nzere Master of Science na chemistry n'ụlọ akwụkwọ Stellenbosch na 1918. Smith gara United Kingdom, ebe ọ natara PhD ya na Mahadum Cambridge na 1922. Mgbe ọ laghachiri South Africa, ọ ghọrọ onye nkuzi dị elu ma mesịa bụrụ osote prọfesọ nke kemịkalụ kemịkal na Mahadum Rhodes dị na Grahamstown.

From 1922 to 1937, he was married to Henrietta Cecile Pienaar, who was a descendant of Andrew Murray, and whose father was a minister of the NG Kerk at Somerset West. Three children resulted from the marriage.

Na Grahamstown, ọ zutere Margaret Mary Macdonald, amụrụ na Indwe na Eastern Cape na 26 Septemba 1916.  Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Rhodes, ebe ọ nwetara nzere Bachelor of Science na physics na chemistry. O bu n'obi ịmụ ọgwụ, mana n'afọ 1938, ọ lụrụ Smith wee bụrụ onye enyemaka ya na Ngalaba Ichthyology na mahadum ahụ.

Mmasị ya na ichthyology malitere mgbe ọ bụ nwata n'oge ezumike na Knysna.

 Nchọpụta nke coelacanth 
N'afọ 1938, a gwara Smith banyere nchọpụta nke azụ a na-adịghị ahụkebe na nke a na-amaghị aha ya site n'aka Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, onye nlekọta nke East London Museum. Mgbe ọ rutere n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ London na Febụwarị 1939, ọ nwere ike ịmata ya ozugbo dị ka coelacanth, nke a na-eche na ọ dịghịzi kemgbe ihe karịrị nde afọ 65, ọ gụrụ ụdị Latimeria n'aha ya. Na Disemba 1952, Prọfesọ Smith nwetara ihe atụ ọzọ nke onye ọkụ azụ aha ya bụ Ahmed Houssein  si n'Agwaetiti Comoros pụọ. Onye ahịa obodo ahụ bụ Eric Hunt kpọọrọ Smith waya, onye mekwara ka gọọmentị South Africa jiri ụgbọelu SAAF Dakota kpọta azụ̀ echekwara maka ọmụmụ ihe na Grahamstown.

Smith na nwunye ya Margaret rụkọtara ọrụ na Sea Fishes nke Southern Africa, nke e bipụtara na 1949, akwụkwọ ndị ọzọ sochiri ruo 1968. N'etiti ndị a bụ ihe karịrị akwụkwọ 500 gbasara azụ na aha nke ihe dị ka ụdị azụ ọhụrụ 370.

 Ọnwụ na ihe nketa 
Smith gburu onwe ya na Jenụwarị 8, 1968 site na nsị cyanide mgbe ọtụtụ afọ nke ọgụ megide kansa gasịrị. N'otu afọ ahụ, Mahadum Rhodes guzobere J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology iji cheta ya ma sọpụrụ ihe ndị o rụzuru ná ndụ ya na ichthyology. Nwanyị di ya nwụrụ, Prọfesọ Margaret Smith, onye ya na di ya rụkọrọ ọrụ ruo afọ 30, ka a họpụtara ịbụ onye nduzi mbụ, ya na ndị ọrụ ise. Margaret Smith malitere ọrụ ịkpọ ndị ọkà mmụta ichthyologists na ịzụ ndị ọkà mmụta ichthyologists Africa. Na 1977, e meghere nnukwu ụlọ elu atọ, nke e mere ma wuo na Somerset Street iji mee ka ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ biri, n'ihu ọha.. This is now the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity in Grahamstown. Smith's son was renowned South African television science and mathematics teacher William Smith.

 Taxon aha ya bụ iji sọpụrụ ya 

 Meiacanthus smithi, disko blenny,  aha ya.
 Omobranchus smithi  (Rao, 1974)  bụ ụdị combtooth blenny aha ya.

 Taxa nke ọ kọwara 

 Lee Category:Taxa aha ya bụ J. L. B. SmithỤdị: Ụtụ isi aha ya bụ J. L. B. Smith

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 [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji] Gobiidae. peeji nke 774-807. Na M.M. Smith na P.C. Heemstra (ed.) azụ mmiri Smiths. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 

 Njikọ mpụga 

 Nkwurịta okwu Smith mgbe ọ chọpụtara Coelacanth
 Akụkọ ndụ dị mkpirikpi
 Akụkọ Ikthyological
 Akwụkwọ Nchịkọta JLB Smith