| Authorised form of name | Smith; Edward (1665 - 1720); clergyman |
| Other forms of surname | Smyth |
| Dates | 1665 - 1720 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Lisburn, Antrim, Ireland, Europe |
| Date of birth | 1665 |
| Place of death | Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Date of death | 4 November 1720 |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Activity | Education:
Pupil of Thomas Haslam; Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1681; MA 1684; LLB 1687; BD 1694; DD 1696)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity (1684); fled to England (1689); Chaplain to the Smyrna Company's Factory at Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey; having amassed a considerable fortune, returned to England (1693); Chaplain to William III; Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin (1696); Vice-Chancellor of Dublin University (1697); Bishop of Down and Connor (1699-death); Privy Councillor (Ireland) (1699)
Memberships:
Dublin Philosophical Society |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 29/04/1696 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Submitted multiple papers to the Society regarding his travels in modern-day Turkey;
Correspondent on the Dublin Philosophical Society business |
| Relationships | Parents: James Smyth and Francisca Dowdall
Married: 1) Elizabeth Smyth, his cousin; 2) Mary Skeffington
Children: Elizabeth Stopford (née Smith); Skeffington Randal Smith; James Smith
Additional relatives: James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown |
| OtherInfo | During the ascension of James II and the resulting conflict in Ireland during which Trinity College became a garrison, Smith and other fellows fled to England. Smith was left money by the Dublin Philosophical Society's founder William Molyneux (FRS 1686), along with John Locke (FRS 1668) and St George Ashe (FRS 1686). Despite being appointed lecturer in mathematics at Trinity, his writings were mostly concerned with natural history and Turkish culture. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Burtchaell; DIB
Notes:
DIB has 16 October 1720 as date of death. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/32774021 |
| Code | NA1404 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CLP/19/92 | Paper, answer to some queries proposed by William Molyneux concerning Lough Neagh by Edward Smith, Fellow of Trinity College Dublin | [1685] |
| CLP/9i/48 | Paper, 'An account of a strange kind of earth taken up near Smyrna of which is made sope together with the way of making it' by an unknown author | [1696] |
| CLP/11i/40 | Paper, 'Of the use of opium among the Turks' by Edward Smyth [Smith] | [1696] |
| CLP/12i/30a | Paper, 'A relation of an extraordinary effect of the power of imagination' by Mr St George Ash [Ashe] | [1686] |