Justin Harvey Smith

Son of Rev. Ambrose Smith and Cynthia Maria (Egerton) Smith. 1st husband of Mary Ellen Barnard (later divorced). Dr. Smith was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Gov. William Bradford via his mother's father, Ariel Egerton Jr (1789-1859).

Justin Harvey Smith was an educator, publisher and Pulitzer Prize winning author, with degrees from Dartmouth University (BA 1877, MA 1884) where he was class valedictorian in 1877. Justin also studied at the Union Theological Seminary from 1878-1881. Professionally, Justin was Principal of the Evening School in Boston, MA (1878-1879) and Superintendent of Schools in Malden, MA (1879). He was an agent of publisher Charles Scirbners' Sons in New York City from 1881-1884, then a manager at the home office of Ginn & Company (1883-1898, becoming a partner in 1890). Justin was also a professor of Modern History at Dartmouth College (1899-1908). He was the Chairman of the Historical Manuscripts Commission of the American Historical Association from 1917-1923.

His book, The War With Mexico, earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1920 as well as the Loubat Prize in 1923.

Justin's books include: - The War With Mexico (2 volumes) (New York, Macmillan, 1919) - The Annexation of Texas (New York, Macmillan, 1919). - Arnold's march from Cambridge to Quebec; a critical study, together with a reprint of Arnold's Journal (New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, 1903) - The historie booke, done to keep in lasting remembrance the joyous meeting of the Honourable artillery company of London and the Ancient and honourable artillery company of the Massachusetts in the towne of Boston (Norwood, MA, Private printing at the Norwood press for the Ancient and honorable artillery company of the Massachusetts, about 1903.) - Our struggle for the fourteenth colony: Canada, and the American revolution(New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1907) - The policy of England and France in reference to the annexation of Texas (New York, The Baker & Taylor Co., 1911) - Sources for a history of the Mexican war, 1846-1848, (Cambridge, Mass., 1916) - The troubadours at home; their lives and personalities, their songs and their world (New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons, 1899) - Dedication of a memorial to Reverend John Tucke, 1702-1773, Star Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, July 29, 1914; with an address on Captain John Smith (Concord? The Society, 1914)* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 13 2019, 23:52:39 UTC