Richard Smith 1712-1772
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Richard SMITH 1712-1772
Biographical Note
Son of George Smith, rector of Higham, Kent. BA Jesus College, Cambridge 1734, MA 1737; vicar of Alkham, Kent 1747-72, rector of Burmarsh, Kent 1754-72.
Books
Smith used an engraved armorial bookplate, made when he was at Jesus (Franks 27363); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.