John Small, 1737-1826, a cricketer, scored 136 for Hambledon against Surrey at Broad Halfpenny Down in 1775. Small introduced the straight bladed bat; previously a curved bat had been used.
JohnSmall (born 1737 at Empshott, Hampshire; died 31 December 1826 at Petersfield, Hampshire) was an English cricketer, generally regarded as the greatest batsman of the 18th Century.
Small was definitely playing for Hambledon in 1768, when he is known to have scored 140-plus runs in a single match (a feat almost unheard of in those days) and his name is found in the club's scorecards right up to 1798 when he was over 60.
Small's most famous feat was to score the first-ever known century in a first-class match.
John Kunkel Small (1869-1938) was a taxonomist and botanical explorer, specializing in the southeastern United States, especially Florida.
Small discovered the Louisiana wild Iris after glimpsing a bed growing in a swamp as the train he was on passed by.
The John Kunkel Small collection documents Small's tenure as the first Curator of Museums at The New York Botanical Garden; his published and unpublished floristic studies of the south central, southeastern, and northeastern United States, and Florida, New York, and Texas; and his studies of cacti, ferns, palms, and vines.
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