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Edgar Smith (other)
Edgar Smith may refer to: *Edgar Smith Wigg (1818–1899), Australian bookseller *Edgar Albert Smith (1847–1916), British zoologist *Edgar Fahs Smith (1854–1928), American scientist *Edgar Smith (librettist), Edgar McPhail Smith (1857–1938), American writer and lyricist *Edgar Smith (outfielder), Albert Edgar Smith (1860–unknown), baseball player *Edgar Smith (pitcher/outfielder), Edgar Eugene Smith 1862–1892), baseball player *Edgar Lawrence Smith (1882–1971), economist, investment manager and author *Edgar Charles Bate-Smith (1900–1989), English chemist *Eddie Smith (pitcher), Edgar Smith (1913–1994), baseball player *Heber Smith, Heber Edgar Smith (1915–1990), Canadian politician *Edgar Smith (murderer), Edgar Herbert Smith (1934–2017), American convicted murderer *Edgar Smith (rower), Canadian Olympic rower *Edgar Smith (poet), Dominican poet See also *Ed Smith (other) {{hndis, Smith, Edgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Smith Wigg
Edgar Smith Wigg (7 June 1818 – 14 September 1899) was an South Australian bookseller and stationer, founder of the Adelaide firm E. S. Wigg & Son, which still operates under that name , with branches across Australia. Early life A son of Richard Wigg (c. 1790–1856), of Tunstall, Suffolk, Edgard Smith Wigg commenced work as a bank clerk, at which time he developed a book club for the benefit of his fellow workers. Sensing an opportunity, he opened a bookshop in Warwickshire. He married Fanny Neale Morewood of Atherstone, Warwickshire in September 1846. Their first child, Edward Neale Wigg, was born in 1847 and the family emigrated to the colony of South Australia shortly afterwards leaving on the "William Hyde" on 29 January 1849 and arriving in Port Adelaide, South Australia, Port Adelaide in May 1849. E. S. Wigg & Son Wigg rented a shop at 4 Rundle Street on 22 June 1849, where he started a business selling books and homeopathic medicine. Over time, he started manufactu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
