Background
Smith., D.SC. was born on October 4, 1903 in Birmingham, England. Son of Joseph Seymour Smith and Frances (Norton) Smith.
metallurgist and historian of technology
Smith., D.SC. was born on October 4, 1903 in Birmingham, England. Son of Joseph Seymour Smith and Frances (Norton) Smith.
University of Birmingham and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Leader (Metallurgy) Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 1943-1946. Director Institute for the Study of Metals, Chicago University 1946-1957, Professor, of Metallurgy 1946-1961. Institute Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1961-1969.
Professor Emeritus since 1969.
Fellow, Saint Catherine’s College Oxford 1968. President Society for the History of Technology 1963-1964.
General Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission 1946-1952. Materials Advisory Board 1954-1956, President's Science Advisory Committee 1959, Committee on Science and Public Policy of National Academy, of Sciences 1965-1967, Smithsonian Institute Council 196675. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Gottingen, American Philosophical Society, North.A.S., American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Japan Institute of Metals.
Institute of Metals (London). Indian Institute of Metals.
Married Alice Marchant Kimball in 1931.