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portrait of edgar albert smith and his signature . 22 july 1916 acton united kingdom zoology , malacology british museum , now named natural history museum 29 november 1847 e. a. smith edgar albert smith.jpg edgar albert smith
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edgar albert smith

edgar albert smith -lrb- 29 november 1847 in london -- 22 july 1916 in acton -rrb- was a british zoologist , a malacologist .
his father was the frederick smith , a well-known entomologist , and assistant keeper of zoology in the british museum , bloomsbury .
edgar albert smith was educated both at the north london collegiate school and privately , being well grounded in latin amongst other subjects , as his excellent diagnoses bear witness .
smith married in july 1876 .
subsequently he and his wife had four sons and two daughters .
he gave more prominent attention to the fauna of the african great lakes and the marine molluscs of south africa , and also the non-marine mollusk fauna of borneo and new guinea .
