The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Smeeth, Dr. W. P.
Smeeth, Dr. W. P., M.A., D.Sc, B.E., A.R.S.M., A.R.C.Sc.S., F.G.S , Geologist, Chief Inspector of Mines and Secretary, Government of Mysore; b. Dublin, 1865; educ: at St. Columba College, Rathfarnham, and Trinity College, Dublin; Senior moderator and gold medallist in Experimental Science; passed B.A., 1883; passed M.A., and D.Sc, 1889; employed in the designing office of Mather and Platt, Engineers at Salford; employed at the Royal College of Science, London, 1889-92; took the Associateships of the Royal College of Science and Royal School of Mines; Geology Demonstrator and Lecturer in Metallurgy, University of Sydney, Australia, 1892-97; joined Mysore service, 1898; rose to present rank, 1900. Address: Bangalore, Mysore State.