William Smyth (professor)
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| Born | February 2, 1797 Pittston, Maine |
| Died | April 3, 1868 (aged 71) Brunswick, Maine |
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| Occupation | Academic |
William Smyth (February 2, 1797 – April 3, 1868) was an American academic and writer on mathematics and other subjects.
Biography[]
William Smyth was born in Pittston, Maine on February 2, 1797.[1] He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822, then studied theology at Phillips Academy Andover. In 1825, he became a professor of mathematics at Bowdoin College, and in 1846 became an associate professor of natural philosophy. The Bowdoin College Department of Mathematics Smyth Prize is named in his honor.
Smyth was an ardent abolitionist of slavery and supporter of the temperance movement. While at Bowdoin, Smyth supported the effort to the First Parish Church, which is now on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
He died in Brunswick, Maine in April 1868.[1] He is interred at in Brunswick.[2]
Bibliography[]
Smyth wrote several widely used textbooks:
- Elements of Algebra (1833) digitized version
- Elementary Algebra for Schools (1850) digitized version
- Treatise on Algebra" (1852) digitized version
- Trigonometry, Surveying, and Navigation(1855) digitized version
- Elements of Analytical Geometry" (1855)
- Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus" (1856; 2d ed., 1859) digitized version
- Lectures on Modern History, edited by Jared Sparks (1849) digitized version
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. X. J. T. White Company. 1900. p. 474. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Pine Grove Cemetery Walking Tour" (PDF). Pejescot Historical Society. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- Bowdoin College Catalogue 1840-1848. Bowdoin College Catalogue. George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. Bowdoin College Library.
External links[]
- Smyth Prize
- An article whose original source is the controversial Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, originally published in 1887-1889, and republished in 1999.
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- 1797 births
- 1868 deaths
- 19th-century American mathematicians
- Bowdoin College alumni
- 19th-century American male writers
- People from Kennebec County, Maine
- People from Brunswick, Maine
- Writers from Maine
- Burials at Pine Grove Cemetery (Brunswick, Maine)