Alfred Smee (1818–77)

Chemist and surgeon. Studied medicine at King’s College and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. Interested in chemistry and electricity; developed a battery cell that was used to produce electrotypes, including those used for printing bank-notes. Surgeon general to the Bank of England, 1841. Founder and medical officer of the Gresham Life Assurance and Accident Company. Published on a variety of subjects, including a book about his garden in Wallington, Surrey. FRS 1841.