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* SMITH. 255 SMITH. troops sent up the Tennessee. During these move- ments he was accidentally injured, and died April 25, 1802. SMITH, CiiAELEs Henry ( 1820-1 !I03). An American humorist, born at Lawrcnoeville, Ga. He graduated at Franklin College, Athens, Ga. ; became a law'j'cr in Rome, Ga. ; and served in the Confederate Army. After the war he was a planter and took some interest in politics. He removed to Cartersville, Ga. He was widely known for his newspaper letters, under the signature "Bill Arp." which began in 1801, and with their homely, genuine humor cheered the hearts of the "Southern people. The letters were subsequently collected as Bill Arp's Letters (1S08) ; to which were added Bill Arp's Scrap Book (1880) and other volumes. SMITH, Charlotte (1749-1806). An English poet and novelist, eldest daughter of Nicholas Turner of Stoke House in Surrey. 'ith her marriage, at the age of sixteen, to Benjamin Smith, the son of a merchant and a director in the East India Company, misfortunes be- gan which followed her through life. She left her husband eventually and supported herself and seven children by her pen. She gained the attention of the London literary world with Ele- giac Sonnets and Other Essays (1784), a volume which passed through many editions. Her wider public was won by a series of novels describing contemporary life. Among them arc Emmeline (1788), Desmond (1792), and The Old Manor Bouse (1793). Consult the memoir and gener- ous estimate of C. Smith by Sir Walter Scott in his Miscellaneous Prose Works, vol. i. (Edin- burgh, 1834-3G). SMITH, Clement Lawrence (1844—). An American Latinist, born at Upper Darby, Pa., and educated at Haverford College, at Harvard, and in Europe. In 1869-70 he was professor of Circek and German at Swarthmore, Pa., and was then called to Harvard as tutor of Latin. He became assistant professor in 1873, professor in 1883, and was appointed to the Pope professor- ship in 1901. In 1897-98 he was director of the American School of Classical Studies at Rome. With Professoii Tracy Peck of Yale he edited the College Series of Latin Authors. In this series he edited The Odes and Epodes of Horace (Bos- ton, 1894). SMITH, David Eugene ( 1860— ) . An Ameri- can mathematician and educator, born in Cort- land, N. Y. He was educated at Syracuse Uni- versity, and was member of the New York bar (1881 84). He was teacher of mathematics at the Cortland (N. Y.) Normal School (1884-91), professor of mathematics in Michigan State Nor- mal College (1891), principal of New York State Normal School. Brockport (1898), and became professor of mathematics in Cohunbia University (1901). He also delivered several courses of lec- tures in the Harvard University summer courses. He wrote: "History of iliidern Mathematics," in Merriman and Woodward's Tliijhcr Mathe- matics (1890) : The Teaehing of Elementary Mathematics (1900) ; and a series of text-hooks (1903). He was also the joint author of a num- ber of textbooks on elementary mathematics. Smith was mathematical contributor to the 'New International En/^iclopa:dia. He became editor of The Bulletin of the American Mathe- matical Society, and librarian of the society. With Professor W. W. Beman he translated Klein's Famous Problems of Geometry (see Klein, F. ) and Fink's History of Mathematics. SMITH, Edgar Fahs (1854—). An Ameri- can chemist, born in York, Pa. He graduated at Pennsylvania College in 1874, and at the Uni- versity of Giittingen, (Jermany, in 1876. After filling various chairs in chemistry, he was called to the University of Peimsylvania and made director of the John Harrison Laboratoiy, and he afterwards became vicc-jjrovost of the university. His contributions to chemistry have been consider- able, especially in the domain of mineral chem- istry and in electrolytic methods of analysis. He wrote Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds (2 vols., 3d ed. 1900), and Experiments Arranged for Students in General Chemistry (with H. F. Keller, 4th ed. 1900). SMITH, Edmund Kieby (1824-93). An American soldier, born at Saint Augustine, Fla. He graduated at West Point in 1845. During the Jlexican War he was brevetted first lieutenant for gallantry at Cerro Gordo, and captain for bravery at Contreras and Churubuseo. From 1849 to 1852 he was assistant professor of mathe- matics at West Point. He became first lieuten- ant in JIarch, 1851, captain of the Second Cavalry in March. 1855, and major in .January. 18G1. He resigned from the army April 6, 1861, was ap- pointed lieutenant-colonel of cavalry in the Con- federate Army, and became brigadier-general June 17, 1861. He served as chief of staflF under Gen. Joseph E. .Johnston in the Shenandoah Valley during .Jinie and a part of July, and brought in the fresh troops which decided the first battle of Bull Run, .July 21st, but was himself severely wound- ed. He became major-general in October, 1861, and in March, 1802, was placed in charge of the District of East Tennessee, and afterwards of the Department of East Tennessee, Kentucky, North Cieorgia, and Western North Carolina. Here he led the advance of General Bragg's army into Kentucky', defeated General Nelson near Rich- mond (southeast of Lexington), August 30, 1802, gathered men and supplies, and threatened Cincinnati. On October 9, 1802, he became lieu- tenant-general and in February, 1863. was as- signed to the Trans-ilississippi Department. He became general on February 19, 1864, and in April baffled General Banks's unfortunate Red River expedition. He finallv surrendered to General Canby in May, 1865. From 1866 to 1808 he was president of the Atlantic and Pacific Tele- graph Company, from 1870 to 1875 was chan- cellor of the University of Nashville, and from 1875 until his death was professor of mathemat- ics in the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn. SMITH, Eli (1801-57). A Protestant mis- sionary and scholar. He was born at Northford, Conn., graduated from Yale College in 1821, and Andover Seminary in 1826. The same year he was put in charge of the printing establishment of the .American Board at Malta, and remained there until 1829, barring a period spent at Beirut to study Arabic. In 1829 he traveled through Greece, later through Armenia and Georgia to Persia in company with H. G. O. Dwight. and published the results of their observations in Missionary Researches in Armenia (1833). The