William Smyth (professor)

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William Smyth was born in Pittston, Maine, in 1797, and died in Brunswick, Maine, April 3, 1868). He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822, then studied theology at Phillips Academy Andover. In 1825, he became a professor of mathematics at Bowdoin College, and in 1846 became an associate professor of natural philosophy. He wrote several widely used textbooks:

• Elements of Algebra (1833)
• Elementary Algebra for Schools (1850)
• Treatise on Algebra" (1852)
• Trigonometry, Surveying, and Navigation(1855)
• Elements of Analytical Geometry" (1855)
• Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus" (1856; 2d ed., 1859)
• Lectures on Modern History, edited by Jared Sparks (1849)

References:

• http://www.virtualology.com/apwilliamsmyth/ An article whose original source is the controversial Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, originally published in 1887-1889, and republished in 1999.
• Bowdoin College Catalogue 1840-1848. Bowdoin College Catalogue. George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. Bowdoin College Library.