A fact from Observations, systematical and geographical, on the herbarium collected by Professor Christian Smith, in the vicinity of the Congo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 October 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Robert Brown's 1818 botanical article Congo was deemed by one reviewer to be remarkable for its frequent use of the word "remarkable"?
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This article was a great read. One minor inconsistency is that the professor who collected the plants is called "Christian Smith" in the title, yet "Christen Smith" in the article text. Is this intentional? Ucucha 00:50, 13 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. Brown called him "Christian". As far as I can tell, all modern reliable sources call him "Christen". Probably Brown was anglicising a Scandinavian name; but I can't say that because I don't have a source for it. Interestingly, page lxii of the Tuckey's introduction calls him "Chetian Smith"! Hesperian 01:16, 13 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
Good, I think the clarification you inserted makes this clear enough now. Ucucha 01:20, 13 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
