Henry Smith
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Henry Smith may refer to:
- Henry Smith (preacher)Henry Smith (preacher)Henry Smith was an English clergyman, widely regarded as "the most popular Puritan preacher of Elizabethan London." His sermons at St. Clement Danes drew enormous crowds, and earned him a reputation as "Silver Tongued" Smith...
(c.1560 –1591?), English Puritan preacher - Henry Smith (regicide)Henry Smith (regicide)Henry Smith was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.He was born in Withcote, Leicestershire in 1620; son of Henry Smith born in 1589 and Frideswide Wright. He studied at Oxford University and Lincoln's Inn. He married miss Holland.In 1640 he was elected...
(1620–1668), English politician and jurist - Henry Smith (Rhode Island)Henry Smith (Rhode Island)Henry Smith was the fifth Governor of Rhode Island from October 15, 1805 to May 7, 1806. Elected to the state senate in 1803, he succeeded to the governorship on the death of Arthur Fenner as Lieutenant Governor Paul Mumford had predeceased Fenner.- References :Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds...
(1766–1818), Governor of Rhode Island - Henry Smith (attorney)Henry Smith (attorney)Henry Smith was a Bristol attorney-at-law and amateur artist who was forced to flee the country in 1809 after a duel in which he killed his opponent. His travels around Scotland and later Spain and Portugal during the Peninsula War were recorded in a diary which is today kept at the University of...
(1774–1840), Bristol Attorney and artist - Henry More SmithHenry More SmithHenry More Smith was a confidence man, master puppeteer, hypnotist, seer, liar, and above all else a superlative escape artist who lived for a while in New Brunswick, Canada...
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1814), Canadian confidence trickster - Henry Smith (Texas Governor)Henry Smith (Texas Governor)Henry Smith was first American-born Governor of the Mexican territory of Texas and briefly presided over the revolution there.-Early life:...
(1788–1851), Governor of Texas - Henry Smith (colonial administrator) (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1830s), British sailor and Governor of the Falkland IslandsGovernor of the Falkland IslandsThe Governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf" as the islands' de facto head of state in the absence of the British monarch... - Henry SmithHenry Smith (1803–1887)Admiral Sir Henry Smith, KCB , was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He served in the capture of Aden , First Opium War, and Crimean War. He was appointed a CB in 1840 and a KCB in 1873.- References :...
(1803–1887), British naval officer - Henry K. SmithHenry K. SmithHenry Kendall Smith was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1850–1851. He was born on April 2, 1811 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. In 1819, he was sent to Baltimore, Maryland for education and then moved to New York City in 1828. Shortly thereafter he moved to Johnstown, New York to...
(1811–1854), American Mayor of Buffalo, New York - Henry Smith (Canadian politician)Henry Smith (Canadian politician)Sir Henry Smith was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Frontenac in the 1st Parliament of Ontario....
(1812–1868), Canadian lawyer and politician - Henry Boynton SmithHenry Boynton SmithHenry Boynton Smith , United States theologian, was born in Portland, Maine.He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1834; studied theology at Andover, where his health failed, at Bangor, and, after a year as librarian and tutor in Greek at Bowdoin, in Germany at Halle, where he became personally...
(1815–1877), American theologian - Henry Dolphus SmithHenry Dolphus SmithHenry Dolphus Smith was an Ontario political figure. He represented Leeds North and Grenville North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1871....
(born 1819), Canadian politician - Henry Smith (VC)Henry Smith (VC)Henry Smith VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
(born c.1825), English winner of the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny - Henry John Stephen SmithHenry John Stephen SmithHenry John Stephen Smith was a mathematician remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula in number theory...
(1826–1883), Irish mathematician - Henry Weston SmithHenry Weston SmithReverend Henry Weston Smith was an early resident of Deadwood, South Dakota....
(1827–1876), American preacher - Henry Smith (speaker)Henry Smith (speaker)Henry Smith was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of Thomas Smith, a lawyer....
(1829–1884), Speaker of the New York State Assembly - Henry A. SmithHenry A. SmithDr. Henry A. Smith was a physician, poet, legislator and early settler of Seattle, best known today for his flowery translation of a speech by Chief Seattle that is still in print....
(1830–1915), American physician and poet - Henry Smith (Wisconsin)Henry Smith (Wisconsin)Henry Smith was a millwright and politician who was elected a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1887 - 1889 as a member of the Union Labor Party. He also served as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1878...
(1838–1916), United States Representative from Wisconsin - Henry Preserved SmithHenry Preserved SmithHenry Preserved Smith , was an American Biblical scholar.Smith was born in Troy, Ohio. He graduated at Amherst College in 1869 and studied theology in Lane Theological Seminary in 1869–1872, in Berlin in 1872–1874 and in Leipzig in 1876–1877...
(1847–1927), American Biblical scholar - Henry George SmithHenry George SmithHenry George Smith was an Australian chemist whose pioneering work on the chemistry of the essential oils of the Australian flora achieved worldwide recognition....
(1852–1924), Australian chemist - Henry Augustus Middleton SmithHenry Augustus Middleton SmithHenry Augustus Middleton Smith was a United States federal judge.Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Smith received a B.A. from College of Charleston in 1872 and read law to enter the bar in 1874. He was in private practice in Charleston, South Carolina from 1877 to 1911.On May 25, 1911, Smith was...
(1853–1924), United States federal judge - Henry C. SmithHenry C. SmithHenry Cassorte Smith was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Smith was born in Canandaigua, New York and in the following year moved with his father to a farm near Palmyra, Michigan. He attended the common schools and graduated from Adrian College in 1878. He taught school, studied law,...
(1856–1911), United States Representative from Michigan - Henry Goodwin SmithHenry Goodwin SmithHenry Goodwin Smith was a United States theologian, the son of Henry Boynton Smith.He was pastor of the Freehold Presbyterian Church in 1886-1896, and from 1897 to 1903 was professor of systematic theology in Lane Theological Seminary.From notes of his lectures, William S Karr prepared two...
(1860–1940), American theologian - Sir Henry Babington SmithHenry Babington SmithSir Henry Babington Smith GBE CH KCB CSI was a senior British civil servant.Smith was born in Jordanhill, the son of the lawyer and mathematician Archibald Smith. His brothers were James Parker Smith, later an MP, and Arthur Hamilton Smith, later Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the...
(1863–1923), British civil servant - Sir Henry Moncrieff SmithHenry Moncrieff SmithSir Henry Moncrieff Smith CIE was a British administrator in India.Smith was educated at Blundell's School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1897 and was posted to the United Provinces, where he served as a judge from 1908 to 1914...
(1873–1951), British administrator in India - Henry Justin SmithHenry Justin SmithHenry Justin Smith was managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Justin A and Mary L Smith. In 1899, he married his cousin, Katherine Augusta Smith .In 1934, he published a collection of three essays entitled It's The Way It's Written...
(1875–1936), American newspaper editor - Henry Smith (lynching victim)Henry Smith (lynching victim)Henry Smith was an African-American who was tortured and murdered at a public, heavily attended and promoted lynching on February 1, 1893 at the Paris Fairgrounds in Paris, Texas....
(died 1893), American ex-slave murdered in Paris, TexasParis, TexasParis, Texas is a city located northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Lamar County, Texas, in the United States. It is situated in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods. Physiographically, these regions are part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. In 1900, 9,358 people lived... - Sir Henry Abel SmithHenry Abel SmithColonel Sir Henry Abel Smith KCMG KCVO DSO was a British Army officer and a Governor of Queensland.-Biography:He was born in London, on 8 March 1900, the son of Francis Abel Smith and wife Madeline St. Maur Seymour...
(1900–1993), British Army officer and Governor of Queensland - Henry Nash SmithHenry Nash SmithHenry Nash Smith was an American culture and literature researcher. He was co-founder of the academic discipline "American studies"...
(1906–1986), American social and literature scientist - H. G. Tyrell SmithH. G. Tyrell SmithHenry George Tyrell-Smith was an Irish motorcycle road racer. He was born in Co Dublin and studied at Trinity College, Dublin for a BSc degree. He raced at the Isle of Man TT from 1927 to 1939, and between 1929 and 1936 competed in the German Grand Prix...
(born 1907), Irish motorcyclist - Henry Holmes SmithHenry Holmes SmithHenry Holmes Smith was an American photographer and one of most influential fine art photography teachers of the mid 20th century. He was inspired by the work that had been done at the German Bauhaus and in 1937 was invited to teach photography at the New Bauhaus being founded by Moholy-Nagy in...
(1909–1986), American photographer - Henry P. Smith IIIHenry P. Smith IIIHenry P. Smith III was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Smith was born in North Tonawanda, New York. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1933 and Cornell Law School in 1936. He was mayor of North Tonawanda, New York from 1961 until 1963...
(1911–1995), United States Representative from New York - Henry Smith (footballer)Henry Smith (footballer)Henry George Smith was a goalkeeper who played the majority of his career with Heart of Midlothian.He made his debut for Hearts in a League Cup win over Airdrie at Broomfield in 1981....
(born 1956), Scottish goalkeeper for Heart of Midlothian F.C. - Henry Smith (British politician)Henry Smith (British politician)Henry Edward Millar Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who was Leader of West Sussex County Council from 2003 to 2010. He is the Member of Parliament for Crawley, having been elected in the 2010 general election....
(born 1969), Member of Parliament for Crawley - Henry Smith (American football)Henry Smith (American football)Henry Smith is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Texas A&M....
(born 1983), American football player
See also
- Harry Smith (disambiguation)
- Hal Smith (disambiguation)
- Henry Smyth (disambiguation)