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Smith names 37 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Smith JOHN, an English adverte born in turer
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JOHN, an English adverte born in turer, the founder of Virginia; , England, in Willoughby, in Lincolnshire spirit, long- January, 1579. Of a daring more adventurous ing for a larger and life, he early served in the Netherlands in the cause of liberty. He as a soldier and then traveled in France, visited Egypt distin- Italy, and, about 1602, greatly Hungary guished himself in the wars of against the Turks, gaining the favor of Prince of Transylva- Sigismund Bathori, by the nia. Wounded and taken prisoner was harsh- Turks, he was sold as a slave, Crimea, and made his ly treated in the Morocco atescape. Rumors of war in thence he retracted him thither, and 1606. turned to England about Smith entered with enthusiasm into the project of colonizing the New World, and , Hunt, and others with Gosnold, Wingfield , 1606, with a squadset out in December for Virginia, ron of three small vessels charter granted under the authority of a by James I. Amid the unhappy dissen distress of the first sions, difficulties, and Smith renyears of the great enterprise, ( important services by his dered the most wisirrepressible hopefulness, practical . But for dom, and vigorous government exertions the project his wisdom and noble abandoned would probably have been . He made important geographical explora- In 1607, ascending tions and discoveries. , and penetrating into the Chickahominy Smith and his the interior of the country, captured by the Indians comrades were , possession, and he only, by his rare self- . He remained a prisescaped with life weeks, carefully observed oner for some the the country, got some knowledge of natives, and when at last language of the him to death he they were going to put by the affectionate pleading was saved of the chief, of Pocahontas, the daughter Powhatan, a girl 10 or 12 years old. Re- , Smith had need conducted to Jamestown to cheer the desponding of all his energy 1608 he excolonists. In the summer of open boat the Bay of Chesaplored in an , a navipeake and its tributary rivers miles. He also gation of nearly 3,000 inland, established friendly repenetrated with the Indians, and prepared lations red a map of the country. On his return from expedition he was made presithis great . In 1609 he dent of the colonial council was severely injured by an accidental exreplosion of gunpowder, and without , except in ward for his splendid services applause of his own conscience and the . He visthe world, returned to England , was captured by ited Virginia in 1614 year, and on the French in the following three months his return to London after heard of the arrival of his Indian friend known her serv- Pocahontas. Smith made ices, and she was presented to Queen Elizabeth and loaded with marks of honor and gratitude. Smith published in 1608 "A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony." He died in London, June 21, 1631.
Smith SYDNEY, an English clergyman
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SYDNEY, an English clergyman; born in Woodford, Essex, England, June 3, 1771. Educated at Winchester School, Sydney, in 1789, entered New College, Oxford, where he took his degree of M.A. in 1796, becoming fellow a few years afterward. In 1797 he obtained the curacy of Netheravon, a village on Salisbury Plain, where he passed a secluded life for about two years. He then went to Edinburgh as tutor to a young gentleman, continued there for five years, and was one of the founders in 1802 of the "Edinburgh Review," being also one of its most influential contributors. In 1804 he removed to London, about the same time married, and became renowned as one of the wittiest and most genial of In 1806 he was presented to the men. living of Foston-le-Clay, in Yorkshire. In 1807 appeared anonymously his cele brated "Letters of Peter Plymley," in tended to further the cause of Catholic emancipation. His liberal views on politics excluded him for a long time from church preferment; but in 1828 he was presented to the rectory of Combe Florey, in Somersetshire, and in 1831, during the ministry of Earl Grey, he became one of the canons of St. Paul's, London, where ided. A few years be- . he henceforth resided fore his death a collected edition of his writings was published under his own supervision, including papers pape contributed to the "F "Edinburgh Review," "Sketches of Moral Philosophy," etc. He wrote a "Life of Dalton," and "History of the Atomic Theory up to his Time"; "Air and Rain: the Beginnings of a Chemical Climatology"; "Loch Etive, and the Sons of Uisnach"; "Science in Early Manchester"; etc. He died in London, Feb. 22, 1845.
Smith C(HARLES) ALPHONSO
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C(HARLES) ALPHONSO, an American educator and writer, born at Greensboro, N. C., in 1864. He was educated at Davidson College and at Johns Hopkins University, holding honorary degrees from the University of also Tennessee, University of North Carolina , and the University of Cincinnati. From 1890 to 1893 he was instructor of English at Johns Hopkins University; from 1893 to 1902 professor of English language and literature at the Louisiana State University; from 1902 to 1907 professor of English language; from 1907 to 1909 head of the English Department and dean of the graduate department at the University of North Carolina; from 1909 to 1917 Edgar Allan Poe Professor of English at the University of Virginia; and from 1917 on head of the Department of English the United States Naval Academy. At at various times he was a lecturer on English language and literature at the University of California, University of Kansas, etc. From 1910 to 1911 he was Roosevelt professor and professor of American institutions at the University of Berhistory lin. He was the founder of the Virginia Folk Lore Society (1913). Besides contributing to periodicals, he was associate editor of " World's Orators" (1901), and of the " Library of Southern Literature," and wrote: "Repetition and Parallelism in English Verse" ( 1894); "Old Grammar and Exercise Book" (1896); English " Elementary English Grammar" (1903); "Studies in English Syntax" (1906); "Die Amerikanische Literatur" (1911); "Selections from Huxley" (1911); "The American Short Story" (1912); "Pericles" (1913 ); "What Can Literature Do for Me? " (1913); "O. Henry, Biography" (1916); " Short Stories Old and New" 1916); " ( Keynote Studies in Books of the Bible" (1919); "New Words Keynote Self- Defined" (1919).
Smith ADAM, a Scotch political economist
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ADAM, a Scotch political economist; born in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, June 5, 1723. He studied at Oxford, and was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University in 1752. Toward the close of 1763 he accepted an invitation to travel with the Duke of Buccleuch, and having resigned his chair, made a long tour in France becoming acquainted at Paris with some of the most eminent philosophers and economists. Returning in 1766, he spent the next 10 years in retirement at Kirkcaldy, engaged in the composition of his great work, the "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' (1776). It has a high rank among the successful books of the world. Its main principle is that labor, not money or land is the real source of wealth. The means of making labor most fruitful, the division of labor, what wealth consists in, the mischiefs of legislative interference with industry and commerce, the necessity of freedom of trade, are admirably discussed and expounded. The book may be regarded as the basis of modern political economy. In 1778 Smith settled in Edinburgh, where he had the appointment of a commissioner of customs for Scotland. He was the friend of David Hume, of whose last days and death he wrote an account, with a warm panegyric on his character, which was published with Hume's autobiography. He was also author of a "Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759). Smith was chosen lord-rector of the University of Glasgow in 1787. He died in Edinburgh, July 17, 1790.
Smith JOSEPH FIELDING, a Mormon apostle
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JOSEPH FIELDING, a Mormon apostle; born in Far West, Mo., Nov. 13, 1838; drove an ox-team in the "exodus" of 1846; worked as a manual laborer in 1848-1854, and was a missionary to the Sandwich Islands in 1854-1857. He was ordained to one of the "seventies" in 1858 and to apostleship in 1866, becoming a member of the Council of 12 in 1867. He was several times a member of the Utah Legislature, and in 1882 presided over the Constitutional Convention which framed the constitution for the State of Utah; was director of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution and several other enterprises; and editor of the "Improvement Era." He succeeded Lorenzo Snow as president of the Mormon Church in October, 1901. He died in 1918. SMITH (EDMUND) MUNROE, an American educator, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1854. He was educated at Amherst College, Columbia University, and of Göttingen. He reat the University ceived honorary degrees from Columbia. Amherst and the University of Louisiana From 1880 to 1883 he was instructor and from 1883 to 1891 adjunct professor of history at Columbia University, becoming professor of Roman Law and Comparative Jurisprudence in the latter year. Begin- Juris ning with 1901 he was also a lecturer on Roman Law at the Georgetown Law School, Washington, D. C. He was an editor of the "Political Science Quarterly" and wrote: "Bismarck and German Unity" (1898); "Militarism and Statecraft" (1918).
Smith GOLDWIN, an English historian
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GOLDWIN, an English historian; born in Reading, England, Aug. 13, 1823; was educated at Eton and Oxford, where he graduated first-class in classics in 1845 and became a fellow of University College in 1847. He also held the post of Regius Professor of History in the university from 1858 to 1868. As a lecturer he attracted great attention both on account of his strongly democratic views and his striking originality. Having during the American Civil War strongly defended the cause of the North, he was at the close of the war invited to visit the States to deliver a course of lectures, and his visit resulted in his becoming Professor of History at Cornell Uni- He resigned the versity, New York. appointment in 1871, and was appointed member of the senate of the University of Toronto, where he afterward resided. Among his chief works are: "Lectures on Modern History" (1866); "The Empire," a series of letters (1863); "Speeches and Letters on the Rebellion" (1865); "Three English Statesmen" (Pym, Cromwell, and Pitt) (1867); "A Short History of England Down to the Reformation" (1869); "A History of the United States" (1893); "Essays on Questions of the Day" (1894); "Guesses at the Riddle of Existence" (1896); "The United States: an Outline of Political History" (1899); "My Memory of Gladstone" (1905); "No Refuge but in Truth" (1909). He died June 7, 1910. Vol 8 DD-Cyc
Smith ALFRED EMANUEL, an American public official
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ALFRED EMANUEL, an American public official, born in New York City in 1873. He was educated in the parochial schools and received honorary degrees from Manhattan College and Fordham University. From 1895 to 1903 he was a clerk in the office of the commissioner of jurors; from 1903 to 1915 a member of the New York Assembly, becoming the Democratic leader in 1911 and speaker in 1913; in 1915 a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention; from 1915 to 1917 sheriff of New York co.; and from 1917 to 1919 president of the Board of Aldermen of Greater New York. Always having been a member of Tammany Hall, he was the Democratic candidate for governor in 1918 and was elected in the fall of that year for a two-year term. Although his administration was, gener ally speaking, efficient and satisfactory to the people of the State, he failed of reelection in 1920, being defeated by the Republican candidate, Nathan L. Miller. His popularity was indicated by the fact that he received almost 500,000 more votes than the Democratic candidate for President and that he ran ahead of the balance of the Democratic ticket by an almost equal number of votes. On his retirement from public service on Jan. 1, 1921, he became vice -president and general manager of a large trucking concern in New York City.
Smith JAMES and HORACE
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JAMES and HORACE, authors of the "Rejected Addresses" and other excellent humorous compositions; born in London, James, Feb. 10, 1775; Horace, Dec. 31, 1779. The managers of the new Drury Lane Theater, completed in 1812 to replace the burned one, offered a prize for the most suitable opening address; the result was a deluge of such ludicrous rubbish that all had to be rejected, and Byron was commissioned to write one. The brothers Smith conceived the idea of burlesquing the style of leading poets and other men of letters and public notorieties, in a set of pieces purporting to be among the real addresses but declined sent in to the committee . Ad- Hence the volume of "Rejected had reached its dresses," which by 1819 16th edition, and is a livingly familiar still. Its travesties are hardly classic caricatures so much as genuine reproducmanner of tions of the spirit as well as pubtheir subjects. Horace subsequently lished many novels and poems, ms, the best being the "Ode to known among them an after- Egyptian Mummy." James was entertainer ward a well-known diner-out, , periodical literature in and contributor to are "The his day; his best-known pieces Surnames Go Taking of Sebastopol" and " died Dec. 26, 1839; by Contraries." James Horace, July 12, 1849.
Smith JOSEPH, the founder of the Mormons
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JOSEPH, the founder of the Mormons; born in Sharon, Windsor co., Vt., Dec. 23, 1805. He was revered as a prophet by his followers. His parents were poor farmers who went to Palmyra, N. Y., in the hope of bettering their condition, taking Joseph with them, about 1815. Later the family removed to Manchester in the same State. According to his own story regarding his earlier years, he worked hard on his father's farm. But the "oldest settlers" reported that the family had an aversion to hard toil of any kind and seemed inclined to lead thriftless lives, spending much time in ligging for possible hidden treasure. About 1820 Joseph claimed to be a constant witness of supernatural visions and to be gifted with a supernatural sight. He pretended that he received in 1828 a divine revelation inscribed in mysterious hieroglyphics on golden plates which were delivered to him by an angel, and that the "Book of Mormon," which he published in 1830, was translated from those golden plates. The translation was dictated by him while he sat behind a curtain as if in the society of mysterious spiritual companions. He gathered a number of converts, and as "prophet" went with them first to Kirtland, O., and afterward to Independence, Mo. See MORMONS.
Smith GERRIT, an American phi lanthropist
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GERRIT, an American phi lanthropist; born in Utica, N. Y., March 6, 1797; was graduated at Hamilton College in 1818; studied law; and took up his residence at Peterboro, Madison co., N. Y., devoting himself to the care of a vast landed estate in Central and Northern New York left him by his father. He joined and liberally contributed to the American Colonization Society in 1825, but withdrew from it in 1835, then becoming a member of the Anti-Slavery Society. He gave pecuniary aid to John Brown, in whose affair at Harper's Ferry, he, however, it is thought, had no part. He was nominated for governor of New York in 1840 and in 1858; was a member of Congress in 1853-1854, but resigned after one session; with Horace Greeley he signed the bail bond of Jefferson Davis in 1867. He was an earnest advocate of temperance and a supporter of a number of reforms. He built a non-sectarian church at Peterboro, in which he occasionally He published preached. "Speeches in Congress" (1855); "Sermons and Speeches" (1861); "The Religion of Reason" (1864); ; "The Theologies" (1866); and "Nature the Base of a Free Theology" (1867). He died in New York City, Dec. 28, 1874.
Smith HARLAN INGERSOLL, an American scientist
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HARLAN INGERSOLL, an American scientist, born at East Saginaw, Mich., 1872. He was educated in the public schools and at the University of Michigan. In 1891 he was an assistant at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University. From 1891 to 1893 he was in charge of the anthropological collections in the Museum of of the the University University of Michigan. He became in 1895 connected with the American Museum of Natural History, with which institution he served chiefly in connection with its department of archæology, becoming honorary curator of archæology in 1912. He was archæologist of the Jesup Northern Pacific Expedition and of the Geological Survey of Canada. His archæological explorations, undertaken since 1897, were devoted chiefly to British Columbia, and to other parts of Canada. He was a member of several domestic and foreign anthropological societies and wrote: "Archæology of Lytton" (1899); "Archæology of the Thompson River Religion" (1900); "Cairns of British Columbia and Washington" (1901); "Shell Heaps of the Lower Fraser River, British Columbia" (1903); "Archæology of the Gulf of Georgia and Puget Sound" (1907); "Archæology of the Yakima Valley, Washington" (1910); "The Prehistoric Ethnology of a Kentucky Site" (1910).
Smith JAMES FRANCIS, an Amer- Francisco
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JAMES FRANCIS, an Amer- Francisco, Cal. ican jurist, born in San , educated in Santa Clara in 1859. He was School and College and at Hastings Law the bar in 1881. In was admitted to of the April, 1898, he became colonel Regiment, U. S. V. With First California from it he saw service in the Philippines , 1901. Besides June, 1898, until June engagements he participating in many governor of the Island served as military of customs of Negros and as collector of the Philippine Archipelago. He was gallantry and mentioned in dispatches for -General, U. S. V., was promoted Brigadier 1901 he was associate justice in 1899. In Philippines; of the Supreme Court of the 1906 he was a member of from 1903 to secretary the Philippine Commission and for the Philippine of public instruction Islands; from 1906 to 1909 governor-general of the Philippine Islands; and since of the United States 1910 associate justice Court of Customs Appeals.
Smith NORA ARCHIBALD, an American author
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NORA ARCHIBALD, an American author, born in Philadelphia, Pa. She was educated at Santa Barbara College, California, and for some years devoted herself to kindergarten work in connection with her sister, Kate Douglas Wiggin, afterward engaging in literary work. She wrote "The Children of the Future" (1898); "Under the Cactus Flag" (1899); "The Kindergarten in a Nutshell" (1899); "The Message of Froebel" (1900); "Three Little Marys" (1902); "Nelson, the Adventurer" (1906); "The Adventures of a Doll" (1907); "The "Doll's Calendar" (1909); "The Home- Made Kindergarten" (1912); "Old, Old Tales from the Old, Old Book" (1916); "Plays and Pantomimes for Children" (1917). Also (with Kate Douglas Wiggin) "The Story Hour" (1891); "Children's Rights" (1893); "Republic of Childhood" (3 volumes); "Froebel's Gifts" (1896); "Froebel's Occupations" (1896); "Kindergarten Principles and Practice" (1897); "Golden Numbers" (1902); "The Posy Ring" (1903); "The Fairy Ring" (1906); "Pinafore Palace” (1907); "Magic Casements" (1907); "Tales of Laughter" (1908); "Tales of Wonder" (1909); "The Talking Beasts" (1911).
Smith CHARLES SPENCER, an American bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
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CHARLES SPENCER, an American bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, born at Colborne, Canada, in 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Canada and at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., from which institution he received the degree of M.D. in 1880. He also holds honorary degrees from Wilberforce University and Victoria College. He was ordained a minister of the A. M. E. Church in 1872; was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876; founded in 1882 the Sunday School Union of the A. M. E. Church, of which he was secretary and treasurer from 1882 to 1900; and was elected bishop in 1900, becoming later presiding bishop of the A. M. E. Church in Michigan, Canada, and the West Indies. He wrote "Glimpses of Africa, West and South West Coast" (1895).
Smith WILLIAM, the "father of English geology"
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WILLIAM, the "father of English geology"; born in Churchill, Oxfordshire, England, March 23, 1769. Acting successively as land surveyor, mining surveyor, and canal engineer, he was led to indulge in many speculations of a geological nature. He became convinced that each stratum contained its own peculiar fossils, and might be discriminated by them, and in 1815 he was able to submit a complete colored map of the strata of England and Wales to the Society of Arts, and received the premium of $250 which had for several years been offered for such a map. His fame as an original discoverer was now secure; but becoming involved in pecuniary difficulties he was obliged to part with his geological collection to government for $3,500. Subsequently a pension was granted to him by government. He died in Northampton, England, Aug. 28, 1839.
Smith ALFRED H., an American railway official
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ALFRED H., an American railway official. He entered the service of the L. S. and M. S. Ry. at Cleveland as a messenger boy in 1879, rising gradually to the position of general superintendent in 1901. In 1902 he became connected with the N. Y. C. and H. R. RR. as general superintendent, becoming general manager in 1903, vice-president in 1906, senior vice -president in 1913, and president of the N. Y. Central Lines in 1914. During the World War he was assistant director-general of charge of transportation in the trunk line railroads in territory E. of Chicago and N. of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, and later regional director of the eastern district. At the end of his service with the Federal Government he was re-elected of the N. Y. Central Lines on June 1, 1919. president
Smith FRANCIS HOPKINSON, an American painter
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FRANCIS HOPKINSON, an American painter, writer and civil engineer; born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 23, 1838. He was educated as a mechanical engineer; built the government wall round Governor's Island, one at Tompkinsville, S. I., the Race Rock lighthouse off New London, Conn., the foundation for the statue of Liberty Enlightening the World in New York harbor, etc. He won fame as a water-color artist and an illustrator, and lectured on art. Among his most popular books are: "Book of the Tile Club" (1890); "A White Umbrella in Mexico" (1889); "Colonel Carter of Cartersville" (1891); "American Illustrators" (1892); "A'Gentleman Vagabond" (1895); "Gondola Days" (1897); "Caleb Other Fellow W) (1898) (1899); "Kennedy Square" (1911); "The Arm Chair at the Inn" (1912); "In Dickens Land" (1914); "Felix O'Day" (1915). He died in 1915.
Smith HOKE, a United States Senator from Georgia
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HOKE, a United States Senator from Georgia, born at Newton, N. C., in 1855. He was privately educated and removed with his parents to Georgia in 1872. In the following year he was admitted to the bar, and practiced at Atlanta until 1909, except while serving as Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Cleveland, from 1893 to 1896. He was governor of Georgia from 1907 to 1909, and was re-elected for the term 1911 to 1913. He resigned as governor to enter the United States Senate, having been elected to fill the unexpired term of Alexander S. Clay, deceased. He was reelected for the term of 1915 to 1921, but was defeated by Thomas E. Watson in 1920.
Smith EDGAR FAHS, an American chemist and educator
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EDGAR FAHS, an American chemist and educator, born in York, Pa., Pa., in 1856. He graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1874 and took post-graduate studies in Germany. For several years he served as instructor at the University of Pennsylvania and as professor at Muhlenberg and Wittenberg colleges. From 1888 to 1911 he was professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed vice-provost of the University in 1899, and provost in 1911, retiring in 1920. He was president of the American Chemical Society, and was a member of other scientific societies. He wrote many books on chemical subjects, including "Theories of Chemistry" (1913); "Chemistry in America" (1914); "Chemistry in Old Philadelphia" (1918), and "James Cutbush" (1919).
Smith SIR GEORGE ADAM, a British educator
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SIR GEORGE ADAM, a British educator, born at Calcutta, in 1856. He was educated at the Royal High School, University, and New College, Edinburgh, and at Tübingen and Leipzig. After traveling in Egypt cypt and Syria he became assistant to the Rev. John Fraser, at Brechin, and then became Hebrew tutor at Aberdeen. He traveled again in Syria and east of the Jordan, and went back to England to teach and write. His works include: "The Book of Isaiah," "The Preaching of the Old Testament to the Age," "Historical Geography of the Holy Land," "The Twelve Prophets," "The Life of Henry Drummond," "Modern Criticism and the Preaching of the Old Testament," "Syria and the Holy Land."
Smith FREDERICK MADISON
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FREDERICK MADISON, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, born at Plano, Ill., in 1874. He was educated at the University of Iowa, Graceland College, University of Missouri, and University of Kansas, and holds the degree of Ph.D. from Clark University. After teaching mathematics at Graceland College, Lamoni, Ia., and being editor of a local paper, he became in 1902 first counselor of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and president in 1915. From 1908 to 1912 he was editor of the "Journal of History" and in 1917 he became editor of the "Saints' Herald." He was a member of many historical and scientific societies.
Smith HERBERT KNOX, an American lawyer
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HERBERT KNOX, an American lawyer, born at Chester, Mass., in 1869. He was educated at Yale Univer- 4 sity. He practiced law at Hartford, Conn., from 1895 to 1903 and again beginning with 1912. From 1900 to 1902 he was a member of the Hartford Common Council; from 1903 to 1905 a member of the Connecticut House of Repre HERBERT KNOX SMITH sentatives; from 1903 to 1907 deputy commissioner of corporations, Department of Commerce and Labor; and from 1907 to 1912 commissioner of corporations. In 1912 he was progressive candidate for governor of Connecticut. During the World War he served as a major in the Q. M. C.
Smith DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, an American missionary
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DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, an American missionary, born at Waterville, Me., in 1840. 1840. He was educated at Harvard University and the Newton Theological Institution. After having been ordained a Baptist minister in 1862, he devoted himself to missionary work, becoming president of the Karen Theological Seminary at Insein, Burma, in 1876. He served until 1916, when he became president emeritus, and was also editor of the "Morning Star," a Karen monthly. He wrote "Sketch of the Life of E. A. Stevens" (1886); "Sound Principles of Interpretation" (1902); "Sermonizing and Preaching" (1904); and various Bible annotations and commentaries in the Karen language.
Smith FREDERICK EDWIN, Baron Birkenhead
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FREDERICK EDWIN, Baron Birkenhead, British Lord Chancellor, born at Birkenhead, England, in 1872. He was educated at Birkenhead School and Wadham College, Oxford, and was president of the Oxford Union Society in 1893. He was conservative candidate for the Scotland Division of Liverpool in 1903-4 and for the Walton Division in 1905. He was an associate of Sir Edward Carson in the opposition to Irish Home Rule, threatening to take the field, but became Solicitor-General when the European War broke out. He became Lord Chancellor in 1919. He wrote "International Law," "My American Visit."
Smith CHARLES HENRY, pseudo nym
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CHARLES HENRY, pseudo nym, "Bill Arp," an American humorist; born in Lawrenceville, Ga., June 15, 1826; was graduated at Franklin College, Athgraduated ens, Ga Ga., in 1848; 184 studied law and practiced in Rome, Ga., for 27 years, afterward removing to Cartersville; served in the Confederate army in 1861-1865, becoming major on staff of 3d Georgia Brigade. His literary career began (1861) in a series of letters under his pseudonym. His publications include: "Bill Arp's Scrap Book" (1886); "The Farm and the Fireside," and "Georgia as a Colony and State, 1733-1893." Died 1903.
Smith GEORGE OTIS, an American geologist and public official
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GEORGE OTIS, an American geologist and public official, born at Hodgdon, Me., in 1871. He graduated from Colby College ge in 1893, and took post-graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University. For many years he was engaged in geological work in various States of the Union, and from 1896 to 1907 was assistant geologist and geologist of the United States Geological Survey. He was director of the Survey from 1907. He was a member of many scientific societies and was the author of many papers on the economics of minerals and power resources.
Smith GEORGE, an English Assyriologist
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GEORGE, an English Assyriologist; born in London, England, March 26, 1840. The importance of his contributions to our knowledge of Assyrian history and inscriptions is everywhere acknowledged. Part of his published works are: "The Chaldean Account of Genesis"; "Assyria from the Earliest Times Till the Fall of Nineveh" (1875); "Assyrian Discoveries" (1875), an account of his own travels and researches; "The Assyrian Eponym Canon" (1875); "History of Babylonia," edited by A. H. Sayce (1877); "History of Sennacherib," edited by A. H. Sayce (1878). He died in Aleppo, Aug. 19, 1876.
Smith WILLIAM ALDEN, American Senator
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WILLIAM ALDEN, American Senator; born at Dowagiac, Mich., May 12, 1859. In 1879 he was appointed page in the Michigan House of Representatives, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began practising in Grand Rapids in 1883. He was a member of the Republican State Committee in 1888. In 1895 he was elected to Congress, where he served for twelve years, and in 1907 to the Senate on the death of Russell A. Alger. He was reelected for the term 1913-1919, but declined a renomination in 1918.
Smith WINCHELL, an American playwright
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WINCHELL, an American playwright, born at Hartford, Conn., in 1871. He was educated in the public schools of Hartford, and from 1892 to WINCHELL SMITH 1904 was on the stage. Together with Arnold Daly he produced a number of plays by George Bernard Shaw. He began the writing of plays in 1906. Among his best known plays were a dramatization of "Brewster's Millions"; "The Fortune Hunter"; "The Boomerang" (with Victor Mapes); "Lightnin'" (with Frank Bacon); etc.
Smith JOHN WALTER, American Senator
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JOHN WALTER, American Senator; born at Snow Hill, Md., Feb. 5, 1845. In 1889 he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1895 acted as chairman of the Democratic State Committee. In 1899 he became a member of Congress; in 1900 was elected Governor of Mary land, serving two terms. In 1908 he was elected to the United States Senate for the term ending in 1909 and was reelected for terms 1909-1915 and 1915-1921.
Smith J(AMES) ALLEN
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J(AMES) ALLEN, an Ameriat Pleasant Hill, Mo., can educator, born in 1860. He was educated at the Universities of Missouri and Michigan. From professor of econom- 1895 to 1897 he was ics and sociology at Marietta College, In 1897 he became professor of Ohio. political science at the University of of the Washington, serving also as dean school since 1909. He wrote: graduate "Multiple Money Standard" (1896); "The " (1907). Spirit of American Government
Smith CHARLES an American journalist
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CHARLES an American journalist; born in Mansfield, EMORY, Conn., Feb. 18, 1824; was graduated at Union College in 1861; edited the Albany "Express" in 1865-1870 -1870 , came editor of the Philadelphia "Press and in 1880 be- He was United States minister to Russia ." in 1890-1892; a delegate to several National Republican conventions; and postmaster-general , 1898-1901, then resuming the the editorship e of the Philadelphia "Press" He died Jan. 19, 1908.
Smith ELLISON DU RANT, American Senator
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ELLISON DU RANT, American Senator; born at Lynchburg, S. C., Aug. 1, 1866. In 1896 he was elected to the South Carolina Legislature. He took an active part in the organization of the Farmers' Protective Association in 1901, and was delegate to the Boll Weevil Convention at Shreveport, La., in 1905. He was elected to the United States Senate by the Democrats for the three terms from 1909 to 1927.
Smith HENRY LOUIS, an American educator
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HENRY LOUIS, an American educator, born at Greensboro, N. C., in 1859. He was educated at Davidson College and the University of Virginia. From 1887 to 1901 he was professor of physics, and from 1901 to 1912 president of Davidson College. In 1912 he became president of Washington and Lee University. He was a lecturer on educational and scientific topics and a member of several educational and other societies.
Smith JESSIE WILCOX, an American artist
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JESSIE WILCOX, an American artist, born in Philadelphia. She was art at the educated privately and studied Arts, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine . From 1890 she was at Drexel Institute engaged as an artist and illustrator. She skill in porwas especially known for her contributed to traits of children. She most of the important magazines, and illustrated many books.
Smith SAMUEL FRANCIS, an American clergyman and religious poet
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SAMUEL FRANCIS, an American clergyman and religious poet; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808. He was the author of numerous hymns, including "America," which was written in 1832; and published for young readers and others: "Knights and Sea Kings," "Mythology and Early Greek History," and "Poor Boys Who Became Great." He died in Boston, Nov. 16, 1895.
Smith WILLIAM AUSTIN, an American clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church
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WILLIAM AUSTIN, an American clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was educated at Harvard University and at Seabury Divinity School. He was made deacon in 1898 and priest in 1899. After serving as curate and rector of churches in Providence, R. I.; Milwaukee, Wis., and Springfield, Mass.,, he became editor of the "Churchman" in 1916.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the 37 Smiths gathered here, the one still universally known is John Smith of Jamestown, and the part of Collier's 1621-era account that has changed most is its centerpiece: the rescue by Pocahontas. Historians now note that Smith's 1608 True Relation, which Collier's cites, says nothing of the episode; it appears only in his Generall Historie of 1624, and is widely treated as embellishment or as a misread adoption ritual. Collier's also has Pocahontas presented to Queen Elizabeth, who had died in 1603 - it was Queen Anne, consort of James I. Sydney Smith survives as an anthology wit for the Peter Plymley letters, though the works listed under his name here (a Life of Dalton, Air and Rain, Science in Early Manchester) in fact belong to the Manchester chemist Robert Angus Smith, who coined the term acid rain; C. Alphonso Smith, described as newly installed at the Naval Academy, died in 1924 and is now remembered chiefly as an editor of O. Henry and a Poe scholar, while most of the remaining Smiths on this page have faded to specialists.
Written for this edition, 2026.