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| 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.
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Educated at Westminster and Bedford Schools and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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| 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.
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| 1844 |
Returned to England.
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| 1845 |
Appointed to Geological Survey. Memoir Vol. II part 2 (1848), essays in….
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| 1851 |
On formation of Royal School of Mines, became lecturer on mineralogy (till 1881) and mining (till 1890).
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Appointed Inspector of Mineral Property of the Duchy of Cornwall, then Chief Mineral Inspector to the Crown.
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| 1856-1866 |
Hon. Secretary Geological Society.
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| 1856 |
Published “A year with the Turks”.
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| 1866-1867 |
President of Geological Society.
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| 1867 |
Published “A rudimentary treatise on coal and coal mining”.
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| 1874 |
Appointed Chairman of Royal Commission on Accidents in Coal Mines.
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| 1874-1890 |
Foreign Secretary of Geological Society.
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| 1887 |
Knighted.
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| 1890 |
Died June 19th.
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