David C. Smith (historian)
David C. Smith | |
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| Born | 1929 |
| Died | 2009 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Institution | University of Maine |
| Field | History |
David C. Smith (1929–2009) was Bird and Bird Professor of History at University of Maine, Orono.[1][2] He studied the relationship between geography and wealth. He was born in Lewiston, Maine and wrote The First Century: A History of the University of Maine, 1865–1965, the seminal history of the University of Maine.
In 1994, Smith won the James Madison Prize of the Society for History in the Federal Government for his article with Judy Barrett Litoff, "To the Rescue of the Crops: The Women's Land Army in World War II".[3]
Publications
- Climate, Agriculture, History: An Introduction. In: Agricultural History, vol. 63, no. 2, 1989, pp. 1–6.
- David C. Smith, (1986) H. G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography, New Haven and London: Yale University Press.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ Bloch, Jessica (November 10, 2009). "Seminal UMaine figure David Smith dies at 80". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ^ Riley, Dylan (November 16, 2009). "University of Maine scholar David Smith dies at 80". The Maine Campus. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ "University to honor author, historian Smith". Bangor Daily News. November 9, 1994.
- ^ Hughes, David Y. (1987) H.G. Wells, Desperately Mortal: A Biography by David C. Smith,Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3, , pp. 392-399
- ^ Scheick, William J. (1988). "Book Review: H. G. Wells, Desperately Mortal: A Biography". The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 87 (1): 134-136.
- ^ Feaver, George (1988). Book Review: H. G. Wells: Desperately Mortal, A Biography. The American Historical Review, 93, 3, 706-707.
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