Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Smyth, (Admiral) William Henry
Smyth, (Admiral) William Henry, created D.C.L. 12 June, 1839 (s. Joseph Brewer Palmer Smyth, of New Jersey), astronomer, hydrographer, and numismatist, F.S.A. 1821, vice-president and president Ast.Soc. (fellow 1821) and of the Royal Society (fellow 1826), president of the Geographical Society, completed the 'Æes Hartwellianae' in 1851, etc., died 9 Sep., 1865. See Gent.'s Mag., 1865, ii. 784.