Charles Smith (1715–1762) was an Irish

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and writer. He was educated at

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, Dublin. He qualified as a doctor and practised as an apothecary in

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. In the 1730s, along with Walter Harris he discussed a scheme to compile and publish histories of all the Irish counties. The first of these, a history of

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, jointly edited by Walter Harris and Charles Smith, was printed in 1744. Waterford and Cork followed, but then the society funding the venture broke up, so that he alone carried through the final volume, Kerry, in 1756.Francis Elrington Ball. A History of the County of Dublin. (1902–1920) From the 1730s he was involved with the Physico-Historical Society and the

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, both societies with similar aims, along with Robert Jocelyn, Dr. Samuel Madden, the philanthropist;

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, the founder of the

;

John Rutty John Rutty (1697–1775) was a Dublin Quaker physician and naturalist born in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. He was the author of many texts including ''A methodical synopsis of the Mineral Waters of Ireland'' (1757) and ''An Essay towards the Nat ...

the physician and naturalist; John Lodge, author of ''Peerage of Ireland'' and Walter Harris.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Charles 1715 births 1763 deaths 18th-century Irish writers 18th-century Irish male writers Irish writers Irish chroniclers Irish topographers Alumni of Trinity College Dublin People from Dungarvan

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