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SMITH, JOHN

, English nonconformist
Smith, John, d. 1612, English nonconformist: see Smyth, John.

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SMITH, JOHN

, English colonist in America
Smith, John, c.1580–1631, English colonist in America, b. Willoughby,
Lincolnshire, England. A merchant's apprentice until his father's death in 1596,
he thereafter lived an adventurous life, traveling, fighting in wars against the
Turks in Transylvania and Hungary, and surviving a period of slavery in Turkey.
His own account of these adventures has been doubted by some investigators but
has been substantiated in a number of particulars. Returning to England, he
invested in the new London Company and in 1606 sailed from London for America
with Capt. Christopher Newport. On arrival in Virginia, Smith was named a member
of the governing council of the Jamestown settlement, although not permitted to
serve immediately, and began his explorations of the surrounding territory. He
established trade relations with the Native Americans, drew up a map of
Virginia, and finally fell into the hands of the Native American chief Powhatan.
Although there is no definite proof of the famous incident of Smith's being
saved from death by Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas, it is considered quite
probable that it happened. After his return (1608) to Jamestown, Smith's enemies
arrested him, but he was saved from hanging by the arrival of Newport with new
settlers. Smith then became president of the council and energetically resisted
the company's peremptory demands that the colonists find gold. Maintaining his
leadership despite opposition, he carried the colony through periods of intense
suffering, hunger, and want (the “starving time”), remaining firm, tactful, and
resourceful. Injured in an explosion, he returned to England in 1609. In 1614 he
was sent to New England by a group of London merchants, and returned with a
valuable cargo of fish and furs. He emphasized the importance of fishing and
upheld the prospects for settlement in New England. On another voyage he was
captured by pirates and then by the French, but eventually returned to England.
He wrote A True Relation of … Virginia (1608), A Map of Virginia (1612), A
Description of New England (1616), New England's Trials (1620, 2d ed. 1622), The
Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), An
Accidence; or, The Path-Way to Experience (1626; enl. and repub. as A Sea
Grammer, 1627), The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine John
Smith (1630), and Advertisements for the Unexperienced Planters of New England,
or Anywhere (1631).


BIBLIOGRAPHY

See edition of his works by E. Arber (1884; repr. and ed. by A. G. Bradley, 2
vol., 1910, repr. 1967); biographies by J. G. Fletcher (1928, repr. 1972), B.
Smith (1953), P. L. Barbour (1964), N. B. Gerson (1966), and E. H. Emerson
(1971).

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SMITH, JOHN

, British politician
Smith, John, 1938–94, British politician. A barrister, he was first elected to
Parliament in 1970 as a Labour party member from Scotland. He served as
secretary for trade in 1970 and subsequently as Labour spokesperson on a number
of economic and industrial issues, developing a reputation as a moderate. Smith
was elected leader of the Labour party when Neil Kinnock resigned following the
Conservative victory in the 1992 general elections; he served as party leader
until his death in 1994.
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SMITH, JOHN

(1579–1631) explorer, adventurer, colonist; born in Lincolnshire, England. After
fighting the Ottoman Turks, he helped to found Jamestown in 1607. He became a
member of the governing council and was once captured by the Indians of
Powhatan's tribe—he was rescued by the chief's daughter, Pocahontas. From 1608
to 1609 he served as the president of the Jamestown colony, but he was plagued
by constant bickering with other settlers. Following a severe injury, he
returned to England in 1609. He returned to America in 1614 and explored the
coast of what he called New England. He wrote several books on Virginia, the
settlement at Jamestown, New England, and his earlier travels in Europe and
Asia. The books induced many settlers to leave for the New England area.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright ©
Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.


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