may be seen in DodJ or Wood. See Chalmers, Biog. Diet, s. V.
Smith, Richard (2). an English Roman Catholic prelate, was born in Lincolnshire in 1566, and educated at Irinity College, Oxford, and afterwards at Rome. He then coinpleteil his studies in Spain, taking his doc- tor's degree at Valladolid, and in 1003 arrived in Eng- land as a missionary. He sided against the Jesuit party, and was o|iposed by them when named for the bishopric of Chalcedon. On Feb. 4 be was, however, appointed bishop of that diocese. A controversy shortly arose between him and the regulars of his own Church, anil Smith was ordered to drop the title of Ordiiiani- of pjigland which he hail assumed. In 1629 two procla- mations were issued against him. which induced him to leave the kingdom and retire to France. There he ex- , ercised his jurisdiction over the FLnglish Romanists by I vicars-general and other ecclesiastical officers. He ex- ' periencetl the kindness of cardinal Richelieu, who be- stowed upon him the abbacy of Charroux; but his suc- cessor. jNIazarin, w ithdrew bis protection, and deprived him of that position. He afterwards retired to an apart- ■ ment near the convent of some l-^nglish nuns in the vicinity of Paris, where lie died, JIarch 18. 1655. Smith wrote several works in defence of himself and of popery in his dispute with the regulars. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A vthors, s. v. : Chalmers. hiii(j. Diet. s. V. ; Dodd, Church Disiory, vol. iii ; Hook, Fcilts. Biof/. s. V.
! Smith, Robert (1), an English divine and edu- cator, was Ixirn in 1689, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his degrees of A.B. in 1711. A.M. in 1715. LL.D. in 1723. and D.D. in 1739. Infor- mation respecting Dr. Smith is verj- meagre. He was mathematical jireceptor to William, duke of Cunilxr- lanil, and master of mechanics to George II. In 1716 he became Phmiian professor at Cambridge, and after- wards succeeded Bentley as master of Trinity. He died in 1768. Smith's works are, ^4 Ccnj lele Si/fttm of Optics (1728, 2 vols. 4to), and IJaivwtiics. or the Philos- ! "P^.V <f -^fiisical Sounds (1760). See Allibone, JJtct. of I Brit, and A tner A vthors, s. v. ; Cambridije Grudvutes ; Cumberland, Life ; Chalmers, Biog. Diet. s. v,
I Smith, Robert (2\ D.D., an eminent Presbyte- rian divine, and father of the Revs. John Blair .Smith, D.D., and Samuel Stanhope Smith. D.D.. was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1723. His family came to
' America when he was seven years old. and settled at the head-waters of the Braiulywine River, about forty miles from Philadelphia. At the age of fifteen Lis mind became deeply impressed with the subject of religion under the preaching of A\'hii(lield, during his first visit to America, and he soon felt a strong desire to devote
' himself to the ministry. He accordingly placed him- self under the instruction of the Rev. Samuel Blair, who was then conducting an institution for the education of young men for the ministry at Fagg's Manor, Chester Co.. Pa. There be made very rapid improvement in both classical and theological knowledge; was licensed by the New .Side Presbytery of Newcastle Dec. 27,
, 1749. and ordained and installed pastor of the churches in Peipiea and Leacock, Pa.. March 25, 1751. Shortly after his settlement he founded a school, designed chietly for the instruction of youth in the Latin. (Jrcek. and Hebrew languages, which was afterwards resorted to by many who were subsequently greatly distinguished in the different jirofessions. In 1759 he resigned the care of the congregation of Leacock: in 1760 he received the degree of D.D. from the College of New Jersey, and in 1772 he was appointed one of its overseers,
j and held the otKce during the rest of his life. He was the second moderator of the (iencral Assembly, and the last public act of his life was to attend a meeting of the Ixiard of trustees of the College of New .lersey. He died April 1.5, 1793. Dr. Smith was distinguished
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men in the holy ministry have been more nseful or mure esteemed." He published a sermon preached on the union of the Old and New Side Presbyteries of Newcastle, entitled .1 Wlied in the MidiUe of a Wheel, or the llannony and Connection of the Various Acts of Dicine Procideiicc : — Tiro Sermons on Sin and Holiness (17(j7) : — A Sermon (1774) : — Three Sermons on Saving Faith, in the Anier. Preacher, vol. iv (1791). See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, iii, 172; Allibone, iJict. of Brit, and Amer. Authors, s. v.; Gen. Assembly Miss. Mu'j. vol. ii; Timlow, Hist. Serm. (J. L. S.)
Smith, Robert (3), D.D., an efficient Episcopal minister in America, and afterwards bishop of South Carolina, was born in Norfolk, Kuiiland, Aut;. 25, 1732. He passed A.B. and A.M. at Cambridge, of which he was also elected fellow, and was ordained in 175G. On his arrival in America he was successively assistant and rector of St. Philip's, Charleston, S. C, and was spe- cially interested in the nef>ro school. He exerted him- self in favor of the American cause, and went to the lines as a common soldier at the siege of Charleston. During the Revolutionary war he was chaplain to the Continental Hospital, S. C, and had charge of St. Paul's, Queen Anne's Co., Md. He devoted the re- mainder of his life to teaching and the care and organi- zation of the Episcopal Cliurch. In 1789 he was made D.U. by the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1795 was elected bishop. He died Oct. 28, 1801. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, v, 170.