出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/02/19 02:44 UTC 版)
Whitney Smith (b. February 26, 1940) is a professional vexillologist, i.e., scholar of flags. The term vexillology, which he coined in his 1958 article Flags of the Arab World, refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags. In 1961, Smith and colleague Gerhard Grahl cofounded The Flag Bulletin, the world's first journal about flags. The following year, Smith established the Flag Research Center in Winchester, Massachusetts. He continues to serve as its director and as editor of its bimonthly journal The Flag Bulletin (ISSN 0015-3370).