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whitney smith wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 early life and education 2 career 3 bibliography 4 see also 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents whitney smith 22 languages العربية مصرى беларуская тарашкевіца беларуская català čeština deutsch español français gaeilge עברית italiano ქართული nederlands norsk bokmål português română русский српски srpski svenska اردو 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia american vexillologist 1940 2016 whitney smith smith in 2007 born 1940 02 26 february 26 1940 arlington massachusetts u s died november 17 2016 2016 11 17 aged 76 peabody massachusetts u s education harvard university ba boston university phd occupation vexillologist years active 1961 2013 organization the flag research center known for coining vexillology founding the flag heritage foundation north american vexillological association international federation of vexillological associations designing the flag of guyana notable work the flag bulletin the flag book of the united states flags through the ages and across the world children 2 sons 1 whitney smith jr february 26 1940 november 17 2016 was an american vexillologist he coined the term vexillology which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags 2 he was a founder of several vexillology organizations smith was a laureate and a fellow of the international federation of vexillological associations early life and education edit whitney smith jr was born on february 26 1940 to mildred and whitney smith 1 as a youth he lived in lexington 3 and winchester massachusetts 1 smith credited his interest in flags to his memories of massachusetts patriots day celebrations and a gift of the golden encyclopedia when he was about 6 years old 3 at harvard he studied political science and received a bachelor s degree in the field in 1961 during his time at harvard smith designed the flag of guyana after corresponding with guyanese premier cheddi jagan via mail 4 he received his doctorate in political science at boston university in 1968 with a dissertation on political symbolism 5 1 career edit smith designed the proposal for the flag of guyana which after modification and addition of black and white was adopted in 1966 it is also known as the golden arrowhead smith also designed this flag as a proposed flag of antarctica antarctica has no government or sovereign ruler and the flag has not been adopted in an official capacity by any organization smith had his first article published at age 18 by 1960 he was consulting with the encyclopædia britannica 3 in 1961 smith and colleague gerhard grahl co founded the flag bulletin 6 issn 0015 3370 the world s first journal about flags the following year smith established the flag research center at his home and was its director 3 smith worked with klaes sierksma to organize the first international congress of vexillology muiderberg netherlands in 1965 1 they joined louis mühlemann in founding the international league of vexillologists and were members of its governing board on september 5 1965 and operated until september 3 1967 the league was replaced by the international federation of vexillological associations known by its french acronym fiav with smith as vice president of the provisional council as of september 3 1967 in 1969 smith moved from being fiav provisional council vice president to being the first secretary general of fiav 7 smith was also responsible for founding the north american vexillological association nava and the flag heritage foundation 1 on august 28 1981 he was elected the second secretary general for congresses ending his multiple terms as fiav secretary general smith served in that office until he returned to the fiav secretary general position on september 29 1983 7 smith quit his full time professorship at boston university in 1970 and by 1985 had written 19 books 3 on july 5 1991 smith was named by fiav a laureate of the federation 8 and left the office of fiav secretary general 7 he was given the honor of fellow of the federation on july 27 2001 9 in 2006 he was the joint author of the american flag two centuries of concord conflict in 2013 he transferred the flag research center s library and archives to the dolph briscoe center for american history in austin texas 2 on november 17 2016 smith died from complications of alzheimer s disease at the age of 76 1 bibliography edit smith wrote 27 books on the subject of flags 10 notably flags through the ages and across the world the flag book of the united states and flag lore of all nations 1 he was the designer of the national flag of guyana 21 saudi arabian navy flags 3 and served as a vexillographer flag designer to a number of governments and organizations in 1981 smith was part of a committee that developed the flag of bonaire 10 and assisted in the design of the flag of aruba 1 smith also wrote over 250 articles for the encyclopædia britannica 1 smith whitney 1975 flags through the ages and around the world mcgraw hill isbn 978 0 0705 9093 9 see also edit graham bartram william crampton alfred znamierowski vexillological symbol references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 grimes william november 22 2016 whitney smith whose passion for flags became a career dies at 76 the new york times p a25 1 2 vandermey anne april 3 2014 this american revolutionary war flag is up for auction guess how much it will sell for fortune retrieved october 20 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 dougherty steven june 17 1985 when the world runs something new up the flagpole scholar whitney smith is first to salute people retrieved july 19 2019 designer of golden arrowhead passes on guyana chronicle georgetown november 24 2016 smith jr whitney 1968 prolegomena to the study of political symbolism phd thesis boston university archived from the original on january 21 2025 retrieved june 2 2026 via proquest dissertations and theses pletcher kenneth june 14 2011 flags of the world 5 questions for vexillologist whitney smith encyclopædia britannica archived from the original on july 27 2017 retrieved october 20 2016 1 2 3 former officers international federation of vexillological associations retrieved october 21 2016 laureates of the federation international federation of vexillological associations retrieved october 20 2016 fellows of the federation international federation of vexillological associations retrieved october 20 2016 1 2 briscoe center acquires world class flag history collection vast archive preserves life work of whitney smith press release austin texas dolph briscoe center for american history october 15 2013 archived from the original on october 25 2016 retrieved march 3 2015 external links edit a guide to the dr whitney smith flag research center collection at dolph briscoe center for american history the university of texas at austin the flag bulletin 234 in memoriam whitney smith authority control databases international isni viaf gnd fast worldcat national united states japan netherlands israel belgium academics cinii people ddb other idref open library yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title whitney_smith oldid 1372623878 categories 1940 births 2016 deaths boston university college of arts and sciences alumni boston 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