John Smith
Deceased Person
1711 – 1795
Who was John Smith?
John Smith D.D. was a British academic and astronomer.
His father was an attorney named Henry Smith and his mother was Elizabeth Johnson. He was born in Coltishall, Norfolk and was educated at Norwich School and Eton.
He was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge University in 1732. He received a B.A. in 1735/6 and an M.A. in 1739.
He was successively dean, bursar, and president of the college. He was Master of Caius from 1764 to 1795, and Lowndean Professor of Astronomy from 1771 to 1795.
He was ordained in 1739. He installed a transit telescope above his college ante-chapel.
He did not seem to have left any scientific papers or given any lectures.
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