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See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
SMITH, See also:GEORGE (1789-1846) , See also:British publisher, founder of the See also:firm of Smith, See also:Elder & Co., was See also:born in See also:Scotland in 1789. From See also:Elgin, where he was apprenticed to a bookseller, he migrated to See also:London, where he found employment first with Rivingtons, and afterwards with See also:John See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray. In 18x6 Smith and another See also:Scot, See also:Alexander Elder, began business at 158 Fenchurch See also:Street as booksellers and stationers; and in 1819 they became publishers also. It was here that GEORGE SMITH (2) (1824—1901), the most famous member of the firm, was born on the 19th of, See also:March 1824; and in the same See also:year the business was removed to 65 Cornhill. At the See also:age of fourteen George Smith (2) came into the business, and in 1843 he took over the See also:control of the See also:publishing See also:department. On his See also:father's See also:death in 1846 the responsibility of the business devolved principally upon him, and under his management it increased thirteen times in twenty years. A large portion of the business was connected with See also:foreign agencies and banking, especially with See also:India, but this was relinquished in 1868 to his partner See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry S. See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King, who now separated from the firm, retaining the old premises at Cornhill, while Smith removed the publishing business, now under his See also:sole control, to 15 See also:Waterloo See also:Place. For over See also:thirty years Smith was the friend and publisher of See also:Ruskin, and it was with him that Jane See also:Eyre found a publisher. In 18K5 was started the Overland See also:Mail, a weekly periodical for See also:Indian readers, and the Homeward Mail, containing Indian See also:news for See also:English readers. By Smith, Elder & Co. were issued See also:works by See also:Darwin, Ruskin, See also:Thackeray, See also:Robert and Mrs See also:Browning, See also:Wilkie See also:Collins, See also:Matthew See also:Arnold, See also:Miss See also:Martineau, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Payn and Mrs See also:Humphry See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward. In 1866 was published See also:Trollope's Last See also:Chronicles of Barset, for which £3000 was paid. In See also:January 186o the first of George Smith's three See also:great undertakings . was begun, the Cornhill See also:Magazine being issued in that See also:month under the editorship of Thackeray. The second venture was the See also:founding in 1865 of the See also:Pall Mall See also:Gazette (see See also:NEWSPAPERS). The third and most important was the publication of the See also:Dictionary of See also:National See also:Biography, the first See also:volume of which was issued in 1882; it was completed in 1901, in 66 volumes; and this
monumental See also:work was the crowning effort of a successful career. Smith was a See also:rich See also:man, not only from his publishing business, but on See also:account of his large ownership in. the See also:mineral See also:water See also:Apollinaris and other ventures. His second son, Alexander Murray Smith, joined the firm in 189o, and with him was associated in 1894 his See also:brother-in-See also:law Reginald J. Smith, who in 1899 became acting partner. George Smith himself died at Byfleet, near See also:Weybridge, on the 6th of See also:April 19oI.
See the memoir (1901) of George Smith (2) prefixed to vol. .i. of the supplement to the Dictionary of National Biography; reminiscences contributed to the Cornhill Magazine (Nov. 1900-Feb. 1901) by George Smith; an See also:article by See also:Sir See also:Leslie See also:Stephen in the same magazine (May 19o1); and the See also:special number of the Cornhill in January 191o, published on its 50th anniversary.
End of Article: SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
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