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toric Indians of British Columbia and Washing- ton, in 1897. 1898 and 1899. liis wife arcoinpany- iiig him on the 1898 expedition and assisting him in his investigations. He was made a member of tl>e American Association for the A<lvancement of Science in l!^9-,\ and elected to fellowship in 1896; a member of the Museums Association, the American Ethnological Society; the council of the American Anthropological Association; the American Folk- Lore society; and various other scientific organiaitions. He became popular as a lecturer, and is the author of: Data of Michigan Archceology (1896); Arduvology of Lytton ( 1899); Archceology of the Tliompson River Region (1900); Cairns of British Columbia and Washington (1901); Shell-Iieaps of the Lotver Fraser River, British Columbia (1903); and numerous papers on anthropological and museum subjects.

SMITH, Harry Bache, dramatic writer, was btirn in Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 28, 1860; son of Joseph Bailey and Elizabeth (Bache) Smith; grandson of William B. and Cynthia (Baily) Smith, and of James Browne and Mary (Van Nostrand) Bach, and a descendant of Johann Se- bastian Bach, comjioser. He removed to Chicago, 111., in 1869; attended the public schools; became dramatic, music and literary critic for Chicago daily papers, and subsequently a dramatic writer. He was married, Oct. 12, 1887, to Lena, daugliter of William and Etta (Napier) Reed, of Chicago, 111. He is the author of the librettos of numer- ous popular operas, including: Robin Hood; Rob Roy; The Serenade; Wizard of the Nile; The IdoFs Eye; Haifa King; The Fencing blaster; Tlie Belgium; The Tar and the Tartar; The Tzigane: Foxy Quiller; The Casino Girl; The Viceroy; The Cadet Girl; The Billionaire; The Liberty Belles: The Strollers; The Mandarin; The Little Duchess; and of Will Shakespear, a comedy (1893): Lyrics and Sonnets (1894), and Stage Lyvies (1901 1.

SMITH, Henry Boynton, theologian, was born in Portland. Maine. Nov. 21, 1815. He was gradu- ated from Bowdoin college, A.B., 1834, A.M., 1837. He was tutor there, 1836-37 and 1840-41; librarian, 1836-37; attended Andover and Bangor Theolog- ical seminaries, and studied in Halle and Berlin, Germany. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, Dec. 29, 1842; was married to Eliza- beth L. Smith; was pastor at West Amesbury, Ma.ss., 1842-47; professor of moral philosophy and metapliysics at Amherst college, 1847-50; professor of church liistory at Union Theological seminary, 1850-54. and professor of systematic theology there, 1854-74. He was moderator of the assembly of the new school Presbyterian church in 1863; and a member of the committee on reunion with the old school church. The hon-

orary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the University of Vermont in 1851, and by Har- vard in 1858, and that of LL.D. by Western Reserve in 1864, and by the College of New Jei-sey in 1869. He was founder of the American Theo- logical Revieic in 1859, and its editor, 1859-62, and editor of the Presbyterian Revieic, 1862-71. He translated " Greseler's Church History'" (vols. IV. and v., 1859-63); a revision of the Edinburgh tran.slation of Hagenback's " History of Christian Doctrine" (2 vols., 1861-62), and with James Strong, a translation of Stier's "Words of the Lord Jesus" (1864). He is the author of: The Relations of Faith and Philosophy (1849); Nature and Worth of the Science of Church History (1851); Tlie Problem of the Philosophy of History (1853); The Idea of Christian Tlieology as a System (1857); An Argument for Cliristian Churches (1857); History of the Church of Christ in Chronological Tables (1859); and with R. D. Hitchcock, Tlte Life, WyHtings and Character of Edward Robin- son (1864). He died in New York, Feb. 7, 1877.

SMITH, Henry Louis, educator, was born in Greensboro, N.C., July 30, 1859; son of the Rev. Dr. Jacob Henry and Mary Kelly (Watson) Smitl); grandson of Samuel R. and Margaret (Fuller) Smith, and of Judge Egbert R. and Mary (Norris) Watson, and a descendant of the Norris family of England. He was graduated from Davidson college, N.C., class salutatorian, A.B., 1881, holdinggold medalsfor proficiency in Greek, mathematics, and as an essayi-st; A.M., 1889. He was principal of the Selma academy, 1881-86; was a post-graduate student in natural philosophy in the University of Virginia, 1886. and again,

1889, winning two gold medals for oratory, and graduating Ph.D., 1890. He was professor of physics, Davidson college, 1887-1901, and in 1896 succeeded William Joseph Martin as vice-presi- dent, being elected president in 1901. He was married, Aug. 4, 1896, to Julia Lorraine, daughter of John James and Mary Baldwin (Sampson) Dupuy, of Davidson, N.C. He was the first scientist in a southern college to experiment successfully with the Rontgen rays for practical surgical purpo.ses, and was president of the North Carolina teachers' assembly in 1889 and again in

1890. He was made a member of the National Geographical society and of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science, and a fellow of the North Carolina Academy of Science. In June-July, 1902, he was an instructor in the Summer School of the South at Knoxville, Tenn., and did much work througliout the South as a pub- lic lecturer on educational and .scientific topics.

SMITH, Hoke, cabinet officer, was born at Catawlia college, Newton. N.C, Sept. 2, 1855; son of Hosea Hildreth and Mary Brent (Hoke) Smith. He attended a preparatory school at