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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:ROBERT (1689-1768) , See also:English mathematician, was See also:born in 168g, probably at See also:Lea near See also:Gainsborough. After attending See also:Leicester See also:grammar school he entered Trinity See also:College, See also:Cam-See also:bridge, in 1708, and becoming See also:minor See also:fellow in 1714, See also:major fellow in 1715 and See also:senior fellow in 1739, was chosen See also:master in 1942, in See also:succession to See also:Richard See also:Bentley. From 1716 to 1760 he was Plumian See also:professor of See also:astronomy, and he died in the master's See also:lodge at Trinity on the end of See also:February 1768. Besides editing two See also:works by his See also:cousin, See also:Roger See also:Cotes, who was his predecessor in the Plumian See also:chair, he published A Compleat See also:System of Opticks in 1738, which gained him the See also:sobriquet of " Old See also:Focus," and Harmonics, or the See also:Philosophy of Musical Sounds in 1749. He was the founder of the Smith's prizes at See also:Cambridge, having by his will See also:left £3500 See also:South See also:Sea, stock to the university, a portion of the See also:interest from which was to be divided yearly between the two junior B.A.'s who had made the greatest progress in See also:mathematics and natural philosophy.
End of Article: SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
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