Edward Alfred Smith
1842/3–1911
Artist and civil servant. Son of the entomologist Frederick Smith. Provided insect illustrations for CD’s Descent and other natural history books. Employed by the General Post Office, eventually attaining post of Assistant Controller by 1901.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/128/38/33), 1901 (RG13/435/65/11)
Correspondence vol. 17, letter to E. A. Smith, 30 June [1869]
Peter Dance (personal communication)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 15 February 2018)
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
