SM Palesti Smith, Eli, D.D., 1801-57. nensis. An eminent American missionary and orientalist; b. at Northford, Conn.; Yale Coll., 1821; Andover Theol. Sem., 1826; d. at Beyroot. Smith, Rev. Elisha, -1739. A Coun- A Clergyman's Smith, Miss Elizabeth, 1776-1806. smith. Christabel Gold Thus the Library of Congress has it; others, Smith, Fanny. Fanny Manetti. An Smith, Mrs. Frances Elizabeth, poet. Smith, Mrs. Frances Irene (Burge), Smith, Francis Shubael, 1819-. Ten- gyman; Smith, George, D.D. Clericus. An eminent English Cong. minister; of London from 1842. Smith, Rev. George, M.A. L. L.; Leonard Lovechurch. An English clergyman; late of Trin. Coll., Cambridge; curate of the Parish Church, Sheffield. 553 Smith, Rev. George Charles, 17821863. Capsicum. An English minister; b. in London; pastor of the Baptist Chapel, Penzance, 1807-25 and 1848-63, and preacher to the sailors at Penzance, etc.; opened the First Mariners' Church, in London, in 1825; visited New York City, 1861; d. at Penzance. Smith, Mrs. George Clinton. The Widow in Blue. An American writer of the day. Smith, Goldwin, LL.D., 1823-. A Layman. An eminent English historian and journalist; b. at Reading; educ. at Eton and Oxford; of Toronto, Canada, from 1871. Smith, Miss Hannah, 1841-. Hesba Smith, Helen C. An American Woman. Smith, Rev. Hely Hutchinson Au- Smith, Mrs. Horace Wemys. H. W. S. An American writer; wife of the son of Richard Penn Smith, of Philadelphia. Smith, Dr. James. Sir J. M. and J. S.-See "Mennis, Sir John." A British coSmith, James. J. S. lonial editorial writer on the "Argus"; a resident of Melbourne, Australia. Smith, James and Horace. An Amateur of Fashion. Momus Smith, James, 1775-1839. Smith, James Alexander. J. A. S. Smith, James Moore, -1734. Philomauri. An English dramatist; b. and d. in London; finds a place in Pope's immortal satire, "The Dunciad." Smith, John. A. An English scholar, of Eton Coll., and of King's Coll., Cambridge; was one of the editors of the "Microcosm, at Eton, in 1787." Smith, John. Edituus. An English poet, early in the 19th century. Smith, Mrs. John. A Housekeeper. An American (?) author. Smith, Mrs. John A. Aunt Esther. An American writer of the day. Smith, John Gordon, M.D., F.R.S., about 1788-1833. An Officer. A Scottish surgeon; b. at Aberdeen; served in the Peninsula War; afterwards librarian to the Duke of Sutherland; professor in the Univ. of London, 1828; d. in Fleet prison, London, where he was confined for debt. Smith, John Russell, 1810-. J. R. S. An English bookseller, of London; b. at Sevenoaks, Kent; co-editor of the "Library of Old Authors." Smith, John Stores. John Ackerlos. An English translator and writer. Smith, Joseph, D.D., 1670-1756. An Orthodox Divine. An English clergyman; b. at Lowther in Westmoreland; Provost of Queen's Coll., Oxford. Smith, Joseph Edward Adams. Godfrey Greylock. An American writer, of the day, of Pittsfield, Mass. Smith, Joshua. A. An English poet and hymn writer. Smith, Mrs. Julie P., -1883. Christabel Goldsmith. An American novelist; resided at Esperanza, a large and beautiful estate at Hartford, Conn.; she was thrown from her carriage at her own door, and killed almost instantly. Smith, Lister. L. S. An English Friend, of Halstead, in Essex. Smith, Mrs. Marion C. Couthouy. An American writer. Marion Smith, Mary Ann. Rusco. An American poet of the day. Smith, Mrs. Mary Prudence (Wells), 1840-. P. Thorne. An American writer; b. in Attica, N.Y. In 1875 she married Lafayette Smith, Esq., of the Cincinnati Bar, in which city she now (1878) resides. Smith, Matthew Hale, 1810-79. Burleigh. An American preacher, author, and journalist; b. in Connecticut; lived chiefly in New York City, and d. there. Smith, R. C. Raphael. An English writer. Smith, Robert. C. An English scholar, of Eton Coll.; one of the editors of the "Microcosm," 1787. Smith, Robert Pearsall. R. P. S. An American theologian. Smith, Robert Percy, 1770-1845. R. S. An English barrister; AdvocateGeneral of Bengal; M.P. for Grantham, and afterwards for Lincoln; and younger brother of the Rev. Sydney Smith. Smith, Robert Vernon, 1804-73. R. V. S. An English statesman; son of the preceding; educ. at Christ Church, Oxford; M.P. for Northampton from 1831; held important public offices from 1830; assumed the name of Vernon instead of Vernon-Smith; became 1st Baron Lyveden, 1859. Smith, Seba, 1792-1868. Major Jack Downing; John Smith, Esq. An eminent American journalist; b. at Buckfield, Me.; Bowdoin Coll., 1818; resided at Portland, 1820-42, and in New York City, 1848-68; d. at Patchogue, L.I. Smith, Rev. Sydney, A.M., 1771– 1845. Mr. Dyson; Peter Plymley. A celebrated English clergyman, wit, and philosopher; b. at Woodford, near London; educ. at Westminster School and New Coll., Oxford; Canon of St. Paul's, 1831-45; d. in London. Smith, Thomas Assheton, 17771858. A Huntsman. An English sportsman; master of the Tedworth Hunt; d. at his seat at Vaenol, near Bangor, North Wales. Smith, Col. W. Coriolanus. An American political writer, early in the 19th century. Smith, W. Anderson. Gowrie. An English (?) writer of the day. Smith, W. B. Kelsic Etheridge. An American writer of the day. Smith, Rev. Walter Chalmers. Hermann Kunst, Philol. Professor; Orwell. A Scottish minister, of the Free High Church, Edinburgh. Smith, William, D.D., 1727 or 281803. A Gentleman in London; A Gentleman who has resided in Penn.; A Lover of his Country; An Officer employed on the Expedition. A Scottish-American scholar; b. at Aberdeen; Provost of the College of Philadelphia, 1754-79 and 1789-91; d. at Philadelphia. Smith, William, LL.D., 1762-1840. A Citizen of South Carolina. An American statesman; b. in North Carolina; admitted to the bar at Charleston, S.C.; M.C., 1797-99; U.S. Senator, 1817-23; spent his last years at Huntsville, Ala., and d. there. Smith, William, LL.D., F.G.S., 1769-1839. The Father of English Geology. An English geologist; b. at Churchill, Oxon.; d. at Northampton. Smith, William. Akestes. An English surgeon. Smith, Sir William Cusack, LL.D., F.R.S., etc., 1766-1836. A Yeoman; Warner Christian Search, LL.D., F.R.S., and M.R.I.A. An eminent Irish jurist; 2d Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, SM 1802-36; d. at his seat at Newtown, near Tullamore, King's Co. Smith, William Loughton, LL.D., about 1745-1812. Phocion. An eminent American statesman, of South Carolina; M.C., 1789-97; Minister to Portugal, 1797-1800; to Spain, 1800-1; d. in South Carolina. Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-71. Jonathan Drawcansir Alexander, etc.; Dustwich. An eminent British novelist; engaged in literary pursuits chiefly in or near London, 1746–71; d. near Leghorn, Italy. Smyth, Charles John, M.A. Quidpro-quo. An English writer; New Coll., Oxford, 1781. Max Werter. An Smyth, Frank. American journalist, of the day, of Richmond, Va. Smythe, Emily Anne Beaufort. An English Viscountess Strangford. lady; youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort; in 1862 married the 8th Viscount Strangford, who d. in 1869. Smythe, James M. A Southerner. An American author, of the South. Smythies, T. B. The Editor of the An English jour"British Workman." nalist of the day. A Gentleman resi- Snead, Mrs. Fayette. Fay. An Ameri- 555 Snelling, William Joseph, 1804-48. Snow, William. Mailliw Wons. An Soler, Frederic. Serafi Pitarra. A Solly, Samuel, F.R.S., F.S.A., Esq., 1781-1847. Ylloss. An English writer; at one time of Merton Woodland, Lincolnshire, but later of Heathside, Parkstone, near Poole; d. at his residence, Upper Gower-street, London. Somerset, Frances Thynne, Coun- Somerset, Wellington. May Fly. Somerville, Alexander, 1811-. One Sommer, H. B. Arry O'Pagus. An Soteldo, A. M. Sol. An American Sotheran, Charles, 1847-. Colmolyn; the day. Sotheran, Henry, 1819-. Savile. An Soust de Borkenfeldt, Adolphe van, Souter, Joseph. The Odd Fellow. A Scottish dramatist. South, Thomas. Θνος Μαθος. Caroline An Anne Southey, Mrs. (Bowles), 1787-1854. A.; C. An English poet; b. at Buckland, Hants; married Robert Southey in 1839. Excepting the four years she lived with Mr. Southey before his death in 1843, she always lived in her native place. Southey, Robert, Esq., 1774-1843. S-y; RS, Esq.; Bion; The Doctor; Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella; A celeInchiquin; Abel Shufflebottom. brated English poet and prose writer; b. at Bristol; educ. at Westminster School and Baliol Coll., Oxford; d. at Keswick. Solomon, 1773-1839. Southwick, An American journalist; b. in Rhode Island; lived and d. in Albany, N.Y. Sherlock. Southworth, Mrs. Emma Dorothy Speed, John, M.D. An Impartial Bystander; Statutophilus. An English physician. Spence, Elizabeth Isabella, 17681832. A Lady. An English author; b. at Durham; resided in London, and d. in Chelsea. Spence, George, Esq., Q.C., 17881851. A Barrister of the Inner Temple. An English lawyer; a Bencher of the Inner Temple; called to the Bar in 1811; d. in Hyde Park Square. Spence, James Mudie, F.R.G.S. Don T. B. Leevit, of Chickomango, Ohio, U.S. An English humorist. J Spence, Joseph, 1698-1768. S-, Esq., Poetry Professor for the Univ. of Oxford; Sir Harry Beaumont; Phesoi Ecneps. An English clergyman and polite scholar; Professor of Poetry, Oxford, 1728, and of Modern History, 1742; Rector of Great Horwood, in Buckinghamshire, 1742, but resident at Byfleet, in Surrey, where he died. Mr. Spence, Thomas, 1752-1814. Wishit. An English schoolmaster; on the Quay Side, Newcastle, and b. in that city; he went to London, and d. there. Spencer, Mrs. -Enylla Allyne. Spencer, Miss Eliza. Elise Beverly. An American 66 'Southland writer, of Shipton, Md.; in 1869, of Newcastle, Del. Spencer, Hon. and Rev. George, M.A., 1799-1864. Father Ignatius, Passionist. An English R. C. priest; educ. at Eton, and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge; from 1862, superior of a House of the Passionists, at Highgate, near London; d. at Carstairs. Spencer, Lord H. Ironculus. An English scholar; contributor of a letter and poem to the "Microcosm," of Eton Coll., 1787. Spencer, Ichabod Smith, D.D., 1798-1854. A Pastor. An American Cong. minister; b. at Rupert, Vt.; Union Coll., 1822; pastor at Brooklyn, N. Y., 1832-54, where he died. Spens, J. A Retired Officer. Spenser, Mrs. Avis S. Emma Carra. An American writer of the day. Spicer, Rev. John, 1713-85. C-0. An English clergyman; b. in Reading; St. John's Coll., Oxford, 1735; Rector of Tidmarsh and Pulham, Berks.; from 1750, master of the Reading school till some years before his death in that town. Spilsbury, Francis. F. Yrubslips. An English writer of the 18th century. Spinckes, Rev. Nathaniel, 1653 or 4– 1727. A Non-juror. An English clergyman; b. at Castor, Northants.; Prebendary of Salisbury, 1687; deprived for refusing the oaths, 1690; consecrated a bishop among the Nonjurors, 1713. Spink, William, S.S.C. A Member of the College of Justice. An English lawyer, of London. Spinks, Mrs. Mrs. S. Spitteler, Karl. K. Felix Tandem. A German author; professor at Neuveville, in the canton of Berne, Switzerland. Spooner, Alden Jeremiah, 1810-. Tim Testy. An American journalist; b. at Sag Harbor, L.I.; editor of the "Long Island Star," Brooklyn, N.Y. Spooner, Very Rev. Edward, M.A. A Clergyman. An English clergyman; Exeter Coll., Oxford, 1843; Rector of Hadleigh, Ipswich, 1875-83 et seq.: Co-Dean of Brocking, 1875; Rural Dean of Sudbury, 1877. Spotswood, John Boswel, D.D., 1808-. The Pastor. An American Presbyt. clergyman; b. in Exeter Mills, Va.; graduated at Amherst Coll., 1828; pastor at Newcastle, Del., 1842-83 et seq. Sprague, Charles, A.M., 1791-1875. The Banker Poet. An American poet; b. and d. in Boston; educ. at the Franklin School; cashier of the Globe Bank, Boston, 1825-65. Spring, Mrs. Elizabeth (Thompson). Her Daughter. An American biographer. Spring, Samuel, D.D., 1746-1819. Philalethes; Theophilus. An eminent American Cong. minister; b. at North SP bridge, Mass.; New Jersey Coll., 1771; at A German author; b. at Berlin; after passing some years in Paris, in 1853 he settled in Berlin, where he devoted himself to literary work. Spurgeon, Rev. Charles Haddon, 1834-. The Boy-Preacher; John Plough man. An eloquent English Baptist minister; b. at Kelveden, Essex; officiates in London. 557 Spurgin, John, M.D. Medicus Cantabrigiensis. An English physician; senior physician to the Foundling Hospital, London. Squier, Ephraim George, 1821-. Samuel A. Bard. An American traveller and antiquary; b. at Bethlehem, N.Y.; U.S. Commissioner to Peru, 1863-65; afterwards resident in New York City. 1714-66. Squire, Rev. Samuel, D.D., Duncan Theophanes Cantabrigiensis; An English Mac Carte, a Highlander. clergyman; b. at Warminster, Wilts.; Bishop of St. David's, 1761-66. Staats, Cuyler. A Citizen of Albany. An American biographer. Staats, William. Staats. An American journalist; of the Chicago "Telegraph"; a writer of the day. Jennie Stabler, Jennie Latham. Woodville. An American writer of the day. Stacey, Mary, Jr. A Member of the Society of Friends. An English Friend, of Tottenham; seceded at the time of the "Beacon Controversy.' Stackhouse, Rev. Thomas, 16801752. Philalethes; A Clergyman of the Church of England. An English clergyman; was for some time minister of the English church at Amsterdam; afterwards curate successively at Richmond, Ealing, and Finchley, and in 1733 became Vicar of Beenham, Berks., where he died. A Member of Stahr, Mme Fanny (Lewald), 1811-. A Baltimore Standish, George. Charles Stuart. Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, 3d Leicester Fitzgerald Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, D.D., LL.D., 1815-81. L. T. Anglicanus. An eminent English scholar and clergyman; b. at Alderley, Cheshire; educ. at Rugby School, and at Univ. Coll., Oxford; Dean of Westminster, 1864-81, where he died. Stanley, Charles. C. S. An English writer. Stanley, Rt. Hon. Edward Henry n-d. Stannard, Eaton, Esq. E-t-n St-nAn Irish lawyer; Recorder of the city of Dublin. Stannus, Rev. Beauchamp Walter, M.A. A Clergyman. An Irish clergyman; Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1843; Rector of Arrow-Alcester, Warwickshire, 186380 et seq. - See Stansbury, Miss Caroline M. 1826-71. Corry Staples, Mrs. Mary Ellen (Ed- Graphic," etc. Stapleton, Augustus the Granville, An and miscellaneous 1800-. Sulpicius; Lex Publica. English civilian writer; educ. at Rugby, and St. John's Coll., Cambridge; private secretary to Mr. Canning, 1822. L. C. S. Starbuck, Lucy Coffin. An American writer of the day. |