Background
Smith, Kenneth George Valentine was born on March 11, 1929 in Birmingham, England. Son of Robert George Valentine and Eva Doris (Richards) Smith.
Smith, Kenneth George Valentine was born on March 11, 1929 in Birmingham, England. Son of Robert George Valentine and Eva Doris (Richards) Smith.
Student, University Acton, Birmingham, 1944-1948; student, University Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, 1952-1954.
Field assistant National Agricultural Advisory Service, Ministry Agriculture, Wolverhampton, England, 1950-1952. Senior technician Hope department entomology Oxford (England) University, 1954-1962. Principal science officer, head medical insects section British Museum (Natural History), London, 1962-1989.
Retired, 1989; editor-in-chief Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Wallingford, England, since 1982. Frequent broadcaster on Living World, also other programs natural history unit British Broadcasting Corporation, Bristol, England, 1977-1981, also occasionally, since 1981. Principal investigator identification of insects in medical research World Health Organization, 1979-1981.
Fellow Royal Entomological Society (editorial officer 1969-1973, library committee 1987-1996, delegate to European Association Biological Editors 1969-1973), Linnean Society, Institute Biology. Member Ray Society (councillor 1984-2001, vice president 1992-1995, 97-99).
Married Alma Vera Thompson, September 22, 1956. Children: Julian Mark Edwin, Adrian Paul Lindsay.