J. L. B. Smith
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| Gender | Male |
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| Date of birth | September 26,1897 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Graaff-Reinet |
| South Africa | |
| Died | Makhanda |
| South Africa | |
| Current partner | Margaret Mary Smith |
| Children | William Smith |
| Books | Smith's Sea fishes |
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| ID | 3743336 |
J. L. B. Smith Life story
James Leonard Brierley Smith, known more commonly as "J. L. B. Smith", was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct.