Timothy L. Smith

Timothy Lawrence Smith (April 13, 1924 – January 20, 1997) was a historian and educator, known for his research and higher education.

Early life and education Smith was born April 13, 1924 in Central, South Carolina, the son of Nazarene ministers. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar and Phi Beta Kappa student, and his doctoral degree in history from Harvard University

Career He has been described as "the first evangelical historian in the U.S. to make it in the secular research university." During his time at ENC, he was the first director of Quincy School Department-sponsored College Courses, Inc., after which fellow Eastern Nazarene history professor Charles W. Akers transformed it into Quincy Junior College and served as its first full-time director. and Chair of the Education Department at the Johns Hopkins University, where he taught for 25 years. formed from his dissertation from Harvard,

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