Arthur Whitmore Smith was born in Hartford, Vermont on May 11, 1874. He was the oldest child and first son of Francis Egerton Smith and Eliza Ann (Currier) Smith.
Arthur married Anna Frances "Fanny" Berry in 1900 in Andover, MA and they had one daughter, Cynthia Berry Smith. After Fanny's death, he married Madeleine Crozer in 1928 in Hamilton Square, NJ. They had one daughter, Marcia Houghton Smith.
Arthur was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Gov. William Bradford on his father's side.
Arthur received his B.S. degree in 1893 from the University of New Hampshire, then continued his education at Wesleyan University where he received a Masters of Science in 1895. From there, he studied at Johns Hopkins University, receiving his Ph. D in Physics in 1903.
Dr. Smith taught at Wesleyan University, the University of Mississippi and Tulane University. In 1903, he started teaching at the University of Michigan where he taught physics until his retirement in 1944. He wrote numerous articles about his special area of study: the calorimetric determination of the energy of food and also wrote several academic books.
Dr. Smith's hobby and personal passion was genealogy, which he pursued throughout his life. He was involved with many organizations dealing with genealogy research. For example, he served as both vice-president and president of the Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Dr. Smith helped found an Ann Arbor chapter of the Institute of American Genealogy. He wrote a couple books about his own family - one on the Smith family and one on the Houghton family. He remained active until his death on December 1, 1954 at age 80.
His youngest sister, Anne Eliza (Smith) Fowle, wrote fondly of how Arthur would teach her when he came home from college even though she was 18 years younger than he was. She eventually pursued a degree in physics herself.
The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan houses a large collection of Arthur's personal and professional files.
Arthur married Anna Frances "Fanny" Berry in 1900 in Andover, MA and they had one daughter, Cynthia Berry Smith. After Fanny's death, he married Madeleine Crozer in 1928 in Hamilton Square, NJ. They had one daughter, Marcia Houghton Smith.
Arthur was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Gov. William Bradford on his father's side.
Arthur received his B.S. degree in 1893 from the University of New Hampshire, then continued his education at Wesleyan University where he received a Masters of Science in 1895. From there, he studied at Johns Hopkins University, receiving his Ph. D in Physics in 1903.
Dr. Smith taught at Wesleyan University, the University of Mississippi and Tulane University. In 1903, he started teaching at the University of Michigan where he taught physics until his retirement in 1944. He wrote numerous articles about his special area of study: the calorimetric determination of the energy of food and also wrote several academic books.
Dr. Smith's hobby and personal passion was genealogy, which he pursued throughout his life. He was involved with many organizations dealing with genealogy research. For example, he served as both vice-president and president of the Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Dr. Smith helped found an Ann Arbor chapter of the Institute of American Genealogy. He wrote a couple books about his own family - one on the Smith family and one on the Houghton family. He remained active until his death on December 1, 1954 at age 80.
His youngest sister, Anne Eliza (Smith) Fowle, wrote fondly of how Arthur would teach her when he came home from college even though she was 18 years younger than he was. She eventually pursued a degree in physics herself.
The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan houses a large collection of Arthur's personal and professional files.
Arthur Whitmore Smith was born in Hartford, Vermont on May 11, 1874. He was the oldest child and first son of Francis Egerton Smith and Eliza Ann (Currier) Smith.
Arthur married Anna Frances "Fanny" Berry in 1900 in Andover, MA and they had one daughter, Cynthia Berry Smith. After Fanny's death, he married Madeleine Crozer in 1928 in Hamilton Square, NJ. They had one daughter, Marcia Houghton Smith.
Arthur was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Gov. William Bradford on his father's side.
Arthur received his B.S. degree in 1893 from the University of New Hampshire, then continued his education at Wesleyan University where he received a Masters of Science in 1895. From there, he studied at Johns Hopkins University, receiving his Ph. D in Physics in 1903.
Dr. Smith taught at Wesleyan University, the University of Mississippi and Tulane University. In 1903, he started teaching at the University of Michigan where he taught physics until his retirement in 1944. He wrote numerous articles about his special area of study: the calorimetric determination of the energy of food and also wrote several academic books.
Dr. Smith's hobby and personal passion was genealogy, which he pursued throughout his life. He was involved with many organizations dealing with genealogy research. For example, he served as both vice-president and president of the Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Dr. Smith helped found an Ann Arbor chapter of the Institute of American Genealogy. He wrote a couple books about his own family - one on the Smith family and one on the Houghton family. He remained active until his death on December 1, 1954 at age 80.
His youngest sister, Anne Eliza (Smith) Fowle, wrote fondly of how Arthur would teach her when he came home from college even though she was 18 years younger than he was. She eventually pursued a degree in physics herself.
The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan houses a large collection of Arthur's personal and professional files.
Arthur married Anna Frances "Fanny" Berry in 1900 in Andover, MA and they had one daughter, Cynthia Berry Smith. After Fanny's death, he married Madeleine Crozer in 1928 in Hamilton Square, NJ. They had one daughter, Marcia Houghton Smith.
Arthur was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Gov. William Bradford on his father's side.
Arthur received his B.S. degree in 1893 from the University of New Hampshire, then continued his education at Wesleyan University where he received a Masters of Science in 1895. From there, he studied at Johns Hopkins University, receiving his Ph. D in Physics in 1903.
Dr. Smith taught at Wesleyan University, the University of Mississippi and Tulane University. In 1903, he started teaching at the University of Michigan where he taught physics until his retirement in 1944. He wrote numerous articles about his special area of study: the calorimetric determination of the energy of food and also wrote several academic books.
Dr. Smith's hobby and personal passion was genealogy, which he pursued throughout his life. He was involved with many organizations dealing with genealogy research. For example, he served as both vice-president and president of the Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Dr. Smith helped found an Ann Arbor chapter of the Institute of American Genealogy. He wrote a couple books about his own family - one on the Smith family and one on the Houghton family. He remained active until his death on December 1, 1954 at age 80.
His youngest sister, Anne Eliza (Smith) Fowle, wrote fondly of how Arthur would teach her when he came home from college even though she was 18 years younger than he was. She eventually pursued a degree in physics herself.
The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan houses a large collection of Arthur's personal and professional files.
