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David C. Smith

1929 – 2009

American historian

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About David C. Smith

Lived 1929 – 2009 (aged 79–80). David C. Smith was an American historian, university teacher and literary scholar.

David C. Smith (1929–2009) was Bird and Bird Professor of History at University of Maine, Orono. 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".

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.

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Born
1929, Lewiston
Birth century
Died
2009
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Education
University of Maine
Also known as
David Clayton Smith

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Who was David C. Smith?

American historian

When was David C. Smith born?

David C. Smith was born in 1929 in Lewiston.

When did David C. Smith die?

David C. Smith died in 2009.

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David C. Smith was a historian, university teacher and literary scholar.

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David C. Smith was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: David C. Smith

· Wikidata: Q5232060

· DBpedia: David C. Smith (historian)

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