Cyrus Smith

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Cyrus Smith (named Cyrus Harding in some translations) was one of the protagonists of Jules Verne's novel The Mysterious Island. He was an officer in the Union Army of the American Civil War. He was also a very skilled man, a great literary example of 19th century engineer.

Cyrus Smith is also a man possessed of the kind of high moral qualities common in Verne's protagonists. He is selfless, noble, honest, courageous, and utterly devoted to his companions. His practical knowledge of physics, chemistry, botany, navigation, and just about anything else you can imagine enables the Mysterious Island's colonists to establish a thriving mini-civilization on their tiny chunk of land in record time.