David C. Smith (historian)
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.
David C. Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929 |
| Died | 2009 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | University of Maine |
| Field | History |
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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