DAVID SMITH

• Born: May 21, 1930
• Died: June 29, 2018
• Nationality: British
• Profession: Writer

Sir David Cecil Smith FRS FRSE FLS was a British botanist. Smith was most notable for his research into the biology of symbiosis and became a leading authority on it. Smith discovered that lichens and Radiata (coelenterates) shared a similar biological mechanism in carbohydrate metabolism. Further research by Smith demonstrated similar processes in organisms that worked within a symbiotic relationship.