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Michael Smith 2000 Deaths

Michael SmithAge: 68 scientist who shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his contribution to genetics. As a professor at the University of British Columbia, he determined how to change…

Rosalynn Smith Carter Biography

Rosalynn Smith CarterFirst LadyBorn: 8/18/1927Birthplace: Plains, Georgia Rosalynn Smith Carter has long championed the rights of women, children, and the mentally ill. As first lady, she…

Annie Smith Peck Biography

Annie Smith Peckmountain climber Born: 1850Birthplace: Providence, R.I. Annie Smith Peck had a distinguished academic career, including a master's degree from the University of Michigan and…

Darwood Smith 2002 Deaths

Darwood SmithAge: 72 actor who appeared in 22 of the Our Gang films. Died: Riverside, Calif., May 15, 2002 Al SmithR - ZHoward K. Smith

Al Smith 2002 Deaths

Al SmithAge: 73 Chicago White Sox outfielder, who became the unlucky subject of one of baseball's most famous photographs when a fan spilled a cup of beer on his head as he watched a ball hit…

Jeff Smith 2004 Deaths

Jeff SmithAge: 65 former minister who reinvented himself as public television's Frugal Gourmet. He wrote a series of best-selling cookbooks. His career came to an abrupt end in 1997, when…

Jimmy Smith 2005 Deaths

Jimmy SmithAge: 76 jazz organist whose scintillating music, called “soul jazz,” combined jazz, R&B, and bebop. He played on a Hammond B-3 electronic organ, an instrument not previously…

Leslie Smith 2005 Deaths

Leslie SmithAge: 87 British toymaker who cofounded Lesney Products, the manufacturer of Matchbox cars. The first car debuted in 1952, and by 1962, Lesney was producing more than 50 million…

Brewer's: Wayland Smith's Cave

A cromlech near Lambourn, Berkshire. Scott, in his Kenilworth (chap. xiii.), says, “Here lived a supernatural smith, who would shoe a traveller's horse…

Brewer's: Smith's Prize-man

One who has obtained the prize (25), founded in the University of Cambridge by Robert, Smith, D.D. (once master of Trinity), for proficiency in mathematics and natural philosophy. There…