Background
Smith, Claude Earle was born on March 8, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Claude E. and Pearl (Morgan) Smith.
Smith, Claude Earle was born on March 8, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Claude E. and Pearl (Morgan) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1949; A.M., Harvard University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953.
Assistant curator botany, Academy National Sciences, Philadelphia, 1953-1958;
associate curator botany, Field Museum National History, Chicago, 1959-1961;
senior research botanist, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland., 1962-1969;
professor anthropology and biology, U. Alabama, University, 1970-1987. Consultant Smith, Kline and French, Philadelphia, 1953-1958, Scott, Forsman Company, 1959-1961. Acting director Taylor Memorial Arboretum, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1954-1958.
Botanist Tehuacan Archaelogical-Botanical Project, 1961-1964, Prehistory and Human Ecology Valley of Oaxaca Project, Mexico, 1966-1970. Botanical analysisof plant remains Guitarrero Cave, Peru, 1970-1972, Parmana, Venezuela,1976-1978, La Galgada, Peru, 1982-1983.
Assistant scoutmaster Philadelphia chapter Boy Scouts American, 1953-1958. Assistant scoutmaster Laurel, Maryland. chapter Boy Scouts American, 1962-1969. Nature councilor GirlScouts United States of America, Philadelphia, 1953-1958.
Served with United States Navy, 1942-1945. Fellow Explorers Club. Member Society Economics Botany (president 1979-1980), International Association Plant Taxonomy, Society American Archaeology, American Society Plant Taxonomy.
Married Roberta Jean Klages, June 9, 1948. Children: Deborah Joann, Sandra Lee, Richard Randall, Darrell Lance.