Background
Smith, Samuel Stanhope was born on March 16, 1750 in Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Robert and Elizabeth (Blair) Smith.
Smith, Samuel Stanhope was born on March 16, 1750 in Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Robert and Elizabeth (Blair) Smith.
Graduate Princeton, 1769.
Church in Western Virginia, 1773. Founded Hampden-Sydney Academy (later College), president until 1779. Professor moral philosophy Princeton University, 1779-1795, president, 1795-1812, called to College 1st undergraduate teacher chemistry and natural science in the United States, 1795.
Author: Causes of the Variety of the Complexion and Figure of the Human Species, 1788. Oration on the Death of Washington, 1800. Sermons, 1801; Lectures on the Evidences of the Christian Religion, 1809.
Love of Praise, 1810. Lectures … on the Subjects of Moral and Political Philosophy, 2 vols., 1812. A Continuation of Ramsay’s History of the United States.
The Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion.
Married Ann Witherspoon, 9 children.