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Article: John Smith
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John Smith
John Smith (ca. 1580-1631), English colonist in America, was president of the governing council of Jamestown, Va. His writings about Virginia and New England have considerable historical and literary merit.
John Smith's life is known mainly from autobiographical passages in his writing, many details of which have been verified by modern scholarship. He was baptized on Jan. 8, 1579/1580; his birth presumably took place at Willoughby, Lincolnshire, a few days earlier. He was the eldest son of a freeman farmer. He attended school at nearby Louth and was briefly apprenticed to a merchant. In 1596 his father died and Smith inherited the land.
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Article: Obituary: John Smith
The Independent - London;
May 13, 1994 ;
700+ words
... ... Union of Mineworkers. Smith's maternal grandmother ... In 1940 Archibald Smith was promoted by the ... who had known the Smiths. They recalled that "Hairy" Smith, as the headteacher ... years ago I asked John Smith what he considered ...
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