Autauga County native Eugene Allen Smith (1841-1927) was a scientist and educator who was instrumental to the formation of the Geological Survey of Alabama and the Alabama Museum of Natural History. Smith was a faculty member of the University of Alabama and served several decades as state geologist.
Eugene Allen Smith
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