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Samuel Smith (1754-1834)
Samuel Smith may refer to: In politics *Samuel Smith (Connecticut politician) (1646–1735), early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut and deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut in 1691 *Samuel Smith (1754–1834), British Member of Parliament for Leicester, Malmesbury, Midhurst, St Germans and Wendover *Samuel Smith (1755–1793), British Member of Parliament for Worcester, Ludgershall and Ilchester * Samuel Smith (North Carolina), 18th-century North Carolina politician *Samuel Smith (Liberal politician) (1836–1906), British Member of Parliament for Liverpool, 1882–1885 and Flintshire, 1886–1906 *Samuel Smith Jr., American politician; Democratic member of the Indiana Senate, 1998–2008 * Samuel Hardman Smith (1868–1956), Canadian politician; municipal politician in Edmonton *Samuel Smith (Australian politician) (1857–1916), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Samuel Smith (New York politician), mayor of the City of Brooklyn, New York, 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Smith (Connecticut Politician)
Samuel Smith () was an early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He was a deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the May 1691 session. Due to the commonality of the name, and conflicting records, it is difficult to determine the exact origins of Samuel Smith. He was, perhaps, the son of Captain William Smith, a magistrate in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He moved to Norwalk as a young man, and he listed among its earliest settlers.Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut: Historical Records, 1847. His father-in-law, Matthew Marvin Sr. gave Smith half of his home lot and orchard. In 1672, he owned "a parcel of land in Indian Field," not far from the Norwalk-Westport boundary. He was named a freeman in 1674. In 1679, he served as town treasurer. He was on a committee, along with Matthew Marvin Sr., and John Bowton to obtain a minister for the settlement, which appointed Reverend Thomas Hanford Thomas Hanford (July 22, 1621 – 1693) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel George Smith
Samuel George Smith (5 June 1822 – 6 July 1900) was an English banker and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1880. Smith was the grandson of Samuel Smith, Member of Parliament (MP) for Wendover from 1820 to 1832, and the son of Samuel George Smith (1789–1863) and his wife Eugenia Chatfield, daughter of the Rev. Robert Chatfield. He was educated at Rugby School and at Trinity College, Cambridge and became a partner in Smith, Payne & Smiths, bankers of London. He was a J.P. for Hertfordshire. Samuel George Smith (père), George Robert Smith, and Oswald Augustus Smith, all members of that Lombard Street banking house, were in 1836 among the earliest and heaviest investors in "town acres" of the newly surveyed city of Adelaide, and country land in South Australia. At the 1859 general election Smith was elected as one of the two MPs for Aylesbury. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1880 general election. He was a general supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Harrison Smith (printer)
Samuel Harrison Smith (January 27, 1772 – November 1, 1845) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. He founded the ''National Intelligencer'' at Washington in 1800. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1797. Career In 1800, Smith founded '' National intelligencer, and Washington advertiser'', which became the dominant newspaper of the capital. Joseph Gales joined the newspaper becoming his assistant in 1807, and took over the paper as its sole proprietor in 1810. Smith was a friend, confidant and counselor to the third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. In February 1801, Smith published Jefferson's ''Manual'', "''A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States''." In 1813, Smith was appointed Commissioner of the Revenue for the United States Treasury Department by President Madison. On September 30, 1814, he was appointed as Secretary of the Treasury, ad interim, until a new cabinet officer was chosen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Francis Smith
Samuel Francis Smith (October 21, 1808 – November 16, 1895) was an American Baptist minister, journalist, and author. He is best known for having written the lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (sung to the tune of "God Save the King"), which he entitled "America". Early life and education Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 21, 1808. Smith attended Harvard College from 1825 to 1829, and was a classmate of William Henry Channing, James Freeman Clarke, Benjamin Robbins Curtis, George T. Davis, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Isaac Edward Morse, Benjamin Peirce, George W. Richardson, and Charles Storer Storrow. From 1829 to 1834, he attended Andover Theological Seminary. "America" ("My Country, 'Tis of Thee") While a student at Andover Theological Seminary, Smith gave Lowell Mason lyrics he had written and the song was first performed in public on July 4, 1831, at a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston.Garraty, John A., and Carnes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Smith (photographer)
Samuel Smith (28 February 1802 – 18 July 1892) was an English photographer. Biography Samuel Smith was born in Tydd St Giles the son of John Smith, farmer. He was a merchant. He had two children Emily and Julia, after the death of his first wife Myra he remarried. His marriage to Frances Dawbarn (b1842) eldest daughter of Thos Dawbarn, Esq of Alfred House, Wisbech took place at the parish of Hunstanton church on 4 September 1860. In the presence of Thomas and Sylvester Dawbarn. He died on 18 July 1892 and was buried in Wisbech General Cemetery on 22 July 1892. Career He had been a timber merchant and a director of the Wisbech Gas Light & Coke company His earliest dated photograph Is that of 12 October 1852. His work dates between that year and 1864. Many images are of buildings long since disappeared, such as the stone Town bridge, Butter Cross, Old Workhouse and Octagon Church. The General Cemetery Chapel built in 1848 would have followed as the roof had been removed by Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Smith (prison Chaplain)
Samuel Smith (1620–1698) was a priest of the Church of England. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford. He then became rector of St Benet Gracechurch in 1656 but lost that position as a result of the Act of Uniformity 1662. He was subsequently most famous for being the Ordinary of Newgate from 1676. The Ordinary of Newgate was the prison chaplain who ministered to the prisoners. He heard their confessions before they were executed and Smith produced accounts of these which were published by George Croom as popular pamphlet A pamphlet is an unbound book (that is, without a hard cover or binding). Pamphlets may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths, called a ''leaflet'' or it may consist of a ...s. References 1620 births 1698 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Prison chaplains {{ChurchofEngland-cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel L
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the third highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide". Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in ''Mother Courage and her Children'' in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in '' A Soldier's Story'' Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's ''The Piano Lesson'' in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include ''Coming to Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Smith (psychologist)
Walter Alvah Samuel Smith (4 August 1929 – 8 February 2012), known as Sam Smith, was a Canadian psychologist and academic who served as President of the University of Lethbridge and of Athabasca University. Smith was born on 4 August 1929 in Thomas, Oklahoma, and grew up in Redwood City, California. He received his baccalaureate degree at the University of Redlands and his Master's degree and doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the University of Nevada, the University of California Riverside, the University of Redlands, and the University of Alberta, and was Dean of Arts at Simon Fraser University. He was President of the University of Lethbridge (1967–1972), and the second President of Athabasca University (1976–1980). Smith resigned a week after being informed over breakfast by Alberta's Advanced Education Minister Jim Horsman that the government had decided to relocate Athabasca University from Edmonton to Athabasca Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Roger Smith
Samuel Roger Smith also known as S. R. Smith (1853 – 1916) was a co-founder and the first president of Messiah College in Pennsylvania.Sider, E. Morris. ''Messiah College: A History''. Evangel Press (Nappanee, IN: 1984). Samuel Roger Smith was born on a farm in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania near Hershey, Pennsylvania on September 16, 1853 to Michael and Mary Anna Shoop Smith. Smith became a teacher at a young age before eventually attending Eastman National Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York where he graduated first in his class and went on to earn a master's degree at Columbia College. In 1874, he married Elizabeth Light (1853-1919) after experiencing a conversion while courting her. He eventually became an active member of the Brethren in Christ Church The Brethren in Christ Church (BIC) is a River Brethren Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite church, Radical Pietism, and Wesleyan theology, Wesleyan Holiness movement, holiness. They have also been known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Stanhope Smith
Samuel Stanhope Smith (March 15, 1751 – August 21, 1819) was a Presbyterian minister, founding president of Hampden–Sydney College and the seventh president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from 1795 to 1812. His stormy career ended in his enforced resignation. His words – "If reason and charity cannot promote the cause of truth and piety, I cannot see how it should ever flourish under the withering fires of wrath and strife" – epitomize his career.William H. Hudnut, III. "Samuel Stanhope Smith: Enlightened Conservative" ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' 1956 17(4): 540-552 Early life Smith was born in Pequea, Pennsylvania, on March 15, 1751. He was the son of Robert Smith (1723–1793) and Elizabeth (née Blair) Smith (1725–1777). In 1769, he graduated as a salutatorian from the College of New Jersey (name later changed to Princeton University), and went on to study theology and philosophy under John Witherspoon. Career In his mid-twenties, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Smith (Dean Of Christ Church)
Samuel Smith (20 September 1765, Westminster – 19 January 1841, Oxford) was an English clergyman and academic administrator at the University of Oxford. Life The eldest son of Samuel Smith (Headmaster of Westminster School 1764–1788) and his first wife Anna Jackson, Smith was born on 20 September 1765 and baptised in Westminster Abbey on 15 October. Smith was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating on 30 May 1782, aged 16, and graduating B.A. 1786, M.A. 1789, B.D. 1797, D.D. 1808. Smith was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1790. He held livings at Daventry (1795) and Dry Drayton (1808), prebendaries at Southwell Minster (1800) and York Minster (1801), and became Chaplain to the House of Commons (1802). At Christ Church, Oxford, Smith was a tutor and Censor (1794), Canon (1807–1824), Sub-Dean (1809), Treasurer (1813), and Dean of Christ Church (1824–1831). Fergus Butler-Gallie rates Smith as "one of the least successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Smith (schoolmaster)
Samuel Smith (died 23 March 1808) was an English priest and schoolmaster who became Headmaster of Westminster School in the 18th century. Smith was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge (admitted 1750, matriculated and scholarship 1751, graduated B.A. 1754, M.A. 1757, LL.D. 1764). He became a Fellow of Trinity in 1756. Ordained deacon in September 1755 and priest in December 1755, Smith held the following church livings: * Rector of Walpole St Andrew, Norfolk, 1762–1808 * Rector of St Peter's, West Lynn, Norfolk, 1762–1785 * Rector and patron of Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, 1785 * Prebendary of Westminster Abbey, 1787–1808 * Prebendary of Peterborough Cathedral, 1787–1808 * Rector of Daventry, Northamptonshire, 1795–1808 He was Headmaster of Westminster School 1764–1788. He married firstly Anna Jackson, secondly Susannah Pettingall, and thirdly Ann Pinckney. His eldest son Samuel Smith became Dean of Christ Church. Smith died on 23 March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
