Smith, Henry Louis
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Smith, Henry Louis
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Description
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Henry Louis Smith, D.D. was Davidson’s first president who was not a Presbyterian minister. A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Smith graduated from Davidson College in 1881. After receiving advanced degrees from the University of Virginia, he returned to Davidson in 1887 as a professor of physics and was elected president in 1901. He was brother-in-law to future president Walter Lingle.
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birthday
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1859
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Death Date
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1951
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President of Davidson College: 1901-1912
