SMOOT
SMYTH
Beekman, of Brooklyn, N.Y. He was a member
of the faculty at Rutgers, 1871-85. He was
assistant on the geological survey, 1864-85 ; as-
sistant in charge of the New York state museum,
1885 ; and state geologist of New Jersey, 1890-01.
He received the honorary degree of Ph.D. from
Lafayette in 1881, and that of LL.D. from Rut-
gers, in 1902. He was made a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science ; a member of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers ; of the American Public Health
association ; the Geological Society of America,
of the American Philosophical society, and a
member of the board of managers of the geologi-
cal survej^ of New Jersey. He is the author of :
Reports on Clay Deposits (1878); Building Stones
in New York (1888) ; Report on Iron Ores in Neio
York (1889), and other state reports.
SMOOT, Reed, senator, was born in Salt Lake city, Jan. 10, 186S ; son of Abraham Owen and Anne K. Smoot. He removed to Provo City, Utah, 1872, was graduated from Brigham Young academy in 1879, and became manager of one of the co-operative industrial institutions, founded by his father and Brigham Young. He was superintendent of the Provo woolen mills, 1883- 89 ; also 1892-1903 ; missionary to Europe, 1889-90 ; and succeeded his father as president of the Utah State of Zion in 1890. He was chosen one of the twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, at the general conference of April 8, 1900. He joined the Republican party in 1888 ; supported William McKinley for presi- dent in 1896, and on Jan. 21, 1903, he was elected U.S. senator by the legislature of Utah, to suc- ceed Joseph Lafayette Rawlins, and took his seat on the assembling of the U.S. senate in extra session. March 5, 1903.
SMYTH, Albert Henry, author, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 18, 1868 ; son of William Clark and Adelaide (Suplee) Smyth. He was graduated from the Philadelphia Cen- tral High school, A.B. , 1882, A.M., 1885, and engaged in journal- ism. In 1883 he be- gan the publication of Shakespeariana, a monthly magazine, which he edited until November, 1884, and which became widely known among Shake- spearian scholars. He was assistant librarian Philadelphia, 1884-85 ; assisted in the classification of the Johns Hopkins
of the Mercantile librarv
university library, 1885-86, and pursued special
studies in Germanic philology, receiving the de-
gree of B.A., extra ordinem, from Johns Hopkins
in 1887. In May, 1886, he accepted the professor-
ship of English literature in the Philadelphia
Central High school and after 1894 was the head
of the department of the English language and
literature. He was elected to membership in the
principal scientific societies in America and
Europe, and is the author of : A History of
American Literature (1890) ; Philadelphia Maga-
zines and Their Contributors (1891) ; an intro-
duction to a new translation of Hamlet into
modern Greek (Athens, 1890) ; Life of Bayard
Taylor in the American Vum of Letters Series
(1895) ; Shakespeare's Pericles and Apollonius of
Tyre (1898) : an annotated edition of Burke's Let-
ters to a Noble Lord (1898) ; Pope's Homer's Iliad
(1899), and numerous contributions to magazines
and papers read before various learned societies.
SMYTH, Egbert Coffin, educator, was born in
Brunswick, Maine, Aug. 24, 1829 ; son of William
(q.v.) and Harriet Porter (Coffin) Smyth. He
was graduated from Dummer academy, 1844,
Bowdoin college, A.B., 1848, A.M., 1851, and
from Bangor Theological seminary, 1853. He
was a tutor in Greek and algebra at Bowdoin,
1849-51 ; professor of rhetoric and oratory, 1854-
56, and Collins professor of natural and revealed
religion, 1856-63. He was ordained, July 23,
1856 ; was a resident licentiate at Andover Theo-
logical seminary, 1854-55 ; studied at Halle and
Berlin, Germany, 1862-63 ; was lecturer on
pastoral theology at Andover, 1863-68 ; Brown
professor of ecclesiastical history from 1863, and
president of the faculty from 1878 to 1896, when
he resigned, although still retaining his member-
ship in the faculty. In 1886 complaint was made
to the Visitors of the seminary that specified
statements in the Andover Review and in Pro-
gressive Orthodoxy, publications of which Pro-
fessor Smyth was joint editor, were contrary to
the seminary creed and heterodox. This gave
rise to complicated proceedings, including an
appeal to the supreme judicial court of Massachu-
setts, which were not concluded until the
autumn of 1892, when the Visitors dismissed the
charges. During these six years Dr. Symth con-
tinued his work as president and professor,
through the steadfast support of the trustees of
the seminary. He received the honorary degree
of D.D., from Bowdoin, 1866, and from Harvard,
1887; that of LL.D., from Bowdoin, 1902; and
was elected a member of the American Antiqua-
rian society in 1870, and of the Massachusetts
Historical society in 1882. He was also elected a
trustee of Dummer academy and Bowdoin col-
lege, and a corporate member of the A.B.C.F.M.
He was married, Aug. 12, 1857, to Elizabeth
