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Date	Details
1817	Born at Naples, son of Admiral W.H. Smyth D.C.L., F.R.S., etc. and of daughter of British Consul at Naples, Thomas Warington.
	Educated at Westminster and Bedford Schools and Trinity College, Cambridge.
1839	Took B.A. degree. Gained travelling bachelorship and travelled for four years in Germany, Austria, Hungary, European Turkey and Asia Minor, studying mineral products and mining industries.
1844	Returned to England.
1845	Appointed to Geological Survey. Memoir Vol. II part 2 (1848), essays in….
1851	On formation of Royal School of Mines, became lecturer on mineralogy (till 1881) and mining (till 1890).
	Appointed Inspector of Mineral Property of the Duchy of Cornwall, then Chief Mineral Inspector to the Crown.
1856-1866	Hon. Secretary Geological Society.
1856	Published “A year with the Turks”.
1866-1867	President of Geological Society.
1867	Published “A rudimentary treatise on coal and coal mining”.
1874	Appointed Chairman of Royal Commission on Accidents in Coal Mines.
1874-1890	Foreign Secretary of Geological Society.
1887	Knighted.
1890	Died June 19th.

Obituary - Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth, M.A., F.R.S. Born 1817, died 19th June 1890. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 7 p.383-384. 1890

Obituary. [Source unknown - held with Guppy ms.]

Obituary by F.W. Rudler. [Source unknown - held with Guppy ms.]

Times 20th June 1890. [Copy held with ms.]

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 == Biographies and obituaries ==
+Obituary - Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth, M.A., F.R.S. Born 1817, died 19th June 1890. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 7 p.383-384. 1890
+Obituary. [Source unknown - held with Guppy ms.]
+Obituary by F.W. Rudler. [Source unknown - held with Guppy ms.]
+Times 20th June 1890. [Copy held with ms.]
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