| Description | Papers documenting the life and career of C A B Smith. The material in this series was mainly created in response to two significant events; the death of Smith and recollections of his university years, working career and character for an obituary, and his candidature for election to The Royal Society. Also includes correspondence about his personal archive, lists of publications and "The Story of Blanche Descartes", a fictional mathematician adopted as a pseudonym by Smith and others. |