Robert Angus (Angus) Smith (1817–84)

Scottish chemist and environmental scientist. Studied chemistry with Justus von Liebig; PhD, Giessen, 1841. Worked chiefly on the impact of decomposing matter on public health. Vice-president of the Chemical Society, 1878–80; of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1857–81 (president, 1864–5). FRS 1857.