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for the return of specimens taken from their remains from the
University of Edinburgh, for a proper burial. Research revealed that after their work on the case, Littlejohn and Smith had removed parts of the bodies from police custody to use as scientific specimens, as described in Smith's autobiography, according to Chris Paton in
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One obituary of Smith recounted an incident in which he was brought "three small bones thought to belong to an animal", and from these was able to determine that they belonged to "a woman aged between 23 and 25 who had died three months earlier. She had at least one pregnancy, walked with a limp and
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in the bodies, a result of their being immersed in a cold flooded quarry, Littlejohn and Smith were able to provide important evidence in the trial, leading to the conviction and execution of
Higgins. The two scientists' famous work gained notoriety 94 years later, when a relative of the boys asked
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In 1912 he married
Catherine Goodsir Gelenick (d.1962). Their daughter, Catherine Mary Goodsir Smith, became a doctor and their son was the poet, artist and art critic
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Following a short period in general practice, Smith became an assistant in at the
University of Edinburgh department of forensic medicine at the suggestion of
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in 1912, with first-class honours, and then undertook a research scholarship, receiving a
Diploma in Public Health (DPH) in 1913.
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on 4 March 1949. In 1955 the
University of Edinburgh gave him an honorary doctorate (LLD) for his literary works.
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In 1935, Smith was one of the forensic experts involved in the identification of the bodies of the victims of
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Smith's first important forensic case was the 1913 trial of
Patrick Higgins for the murder of his two sons in
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has run through many
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Smith returned to New
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Australia, he was called to give evidence in the infamous
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of forensic medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In 1929 he was elected a Fellow of the
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In 1931 he became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, a post he held until 1953 (succeeded by
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323:(OPR) by the Polish government after the war. The school was disbanded in 1949.
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679:"Meistens mord: aus den Erinnerungen Gerichtsarztes / Sir Sydney Smith"
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Working in Egypt in 1924, Smith used pioneering techniques of forensic
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475:"Sir Sydney Smith and the development of police forensic laboratories"
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Forensic science: an encyclopedia of history, methods, and techniques
265:. Smith went on to establish himself as an authority in the field of
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212:. He was son of James Jackson Smith and Mary Elizabeth Wilkinson.
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William J. Tilstone; Kathleen A. Savage; Leigh A. Clark (2006).
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917:"NZEDGE Legends — Sydney Smith, Forensic Expert — Scientists"
527:"Out of the College archives: The Sydney A. Smith Collection"
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He died on 8 May 1969 at his house "Rhycullen" in Edinburgh.
242:) in 1914 with a gold medal, and also won the Alison Prize.
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Prof. Alison Adam, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
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cat burglar, using a pair of shoes, predating the field of
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Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
788:. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
1026:"Plea to university to return bodies of murder victims"
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specialists in the world. From 1928 to 1953, Smith was
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in forensic medicine, publishing the first edition of
227:. He transferred to medicine and graduated with an
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334:from 1954 to 1957. He published an autobiography,
860:(1st supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 20.
567:"Sir Sydney Alfred Smith Biography (1883–1969)"
215:He was educated at Roxburgh public school, and
880:(1st supplement). 31 December 1948. p. 2.
1150:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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719:. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006.
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1175:Members of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh
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802:A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society
319:in Edinburgh in 1941. He was awarded the
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457:was killed by a home-made shotgun slug".
445:In 1937, Smith produced a profile of the
304:. In 1930 he was elected a member of the
1160:Academics of the University of Edinburgh
799:Watson Wemyss, Herbert Lindesay (1933).
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1057:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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1165:Rectors of the University of Edinburgh
940:(Midland edition, 10 May 1969), p. 11.
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657:Abaya Hewawasam for Sooriya publishers
372:He was portrayed in office as Dean by
1155:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
1092:Rector of the University of Edinburgh
431:to superimpose a photograph over the
332:Rector of the University of Edinburgh
7:
785:Minute Books of the Harveian Society
280:In 1928, Smith was appointed to the
166:(4 August 1883 – 8 May 1969), was a
1140:New Zealand expatriates in Scotland
997:"Plea for return of stolen remains"
326:In 1946, Smith was elected to the
25:
1130:People from Roxburgh, New Zealand
837:The Aesculapian Club of Edinburgh
236:Professor Henry Harvey Littlejohn
1060:, "Smith, Sir Sydney Alfred" by
1024:Rose, Gareth (9 January 2008).
936:"The 'detective' doctor dies",
805:. T&A Constable, Edinburgh.
534:Proc. R. Coll. Physicians Edinb
955:National Galleries of Scotland
18:Sydney Smith (forensic expert)
1:
968:Paton, Chris (16 June 2007).
427:, using a novel technique of
416:to identify the assassins of
306:Harveian Society of Edinburgh
275:Textbook of Forensic Medicine
261:at the School of Medicine in
238:. He obtained his doctorate (
343:King's Birthday Honours 1944
182:of Forensic Medicine at the
1135:British forensic scientists
821:The University of Edinburgh
575:A&E Television Networks
174:and one of the pre-eminent
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900:. 4 March 1949. p. 1.
840:. University of Edinburgh.
627:Smith, Sir Sydney (1959).
374:William Oliphant Hutchison
321:Order of Polonia Restituta
286:Royal Society of Edinburgh
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600:www.nationalgalleries.org
501:"Sir Sydney Alfred Smith"
353:Smith was appointed as a
345:Smith was appointed as a
317:Polish School of Medicine
313:Professor Thomas J Mackie
288:. His proposers were Sir
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1070:, Guild Publishing, 1986
762:. ABC-CLIO. p. 13.
1102:James Robertson Justice
290:Edmund Taylor Whittaker
257:and senior lecturer in
225:University of Edinburgh
184:University of Edinburgh
155:Sir Sydney Alfred Smith
108:University of Edinburgh
503:. The New Zealand Edge
555:on 24 September 2006.
435:of a victim's skull.
429:forensic anthropology
357:and invested by King
351:New Year Honours 1949
330:of Edinburgh. He was
139:Medical jurisprudence
79:Roxburgh, New Zealand
1145:British pathologists
525:Pitman, Joy (1988).
386:Sydney Goodsir Smith
368:Artistic recognition
938:The Birmingham Post
294:Ralph Allan Sampson
97:Edinburgh, Scotland
27:British pathologist
897:The London Gazette
877:The London Gazette
857:The London Gazette
834:Guthrie, Douglas.
631:. London: Harrap.
200:Smith was born at
168:forensic scientist
135:Forensic pathology
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1099:Succeeded by
1085:Alexander Fleming
1077:Academic offices
481:. 5 December 2016
451:forensic podiatry
298:Thomas James Jehu
259:forensic medicine
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91:(1969-05-08)
39:Sydney Smith
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1125:1969 deaths
1120:1883 births
1037:26 November
892:"No. 38553"
872:"No. 38493"
852:"No. 36309"
425:Buck Ruxton
338:, in 1959.
251:World War I
210:New Zealand
172:pathologist
143:Medical law
125:Pathologist
89:May 8, 1969
1114:Categories
1050:References
605:5 December
414:ballistics
398:Winchburgh
267:ballistics
221:Wellington
121:Profession
71:1883-08-04
571:Biography
418:Lee Stack
402:adipocere
359:George VI
349:. In the
277:in 1925.
249:. During
104:Education
1009:11 March
1002:BBC News
981:11 March
663:26 April
546:11621535
271:firearms
202:Roxburgh
740:28 July
689:10 June
580:9 March
507:9 March
485:10 June
447:Falkirk
247:Dunedin
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433:X-ray
392:Cases
263:Cairo
255:Egypt
208:, in
206:Otago
1039:2010
1011:2008
983:2008
764:ISBN
742:2018
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607:2017
582:2008
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300:and
269:and
196:Life
164:FRSE
86:Died
65:Born
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158:CBE
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