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Bio

(1838-1915) Writer, engineer. Francis Hopkinson Smith worked in a New York iron foundry during the Civil War and later became an engineer in the New York City area.

Full Name

Francis Hopkinson Smith

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline


1838

BIRTH

Francis Hopkinson Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1838.

1889

LITWORK

A White Umbrella In Mexico


Collection of stories.

1891

LITWORK

Colonel Carter of Cartersville


Novella.

1892

LITWORK

A Day At La Guerre's and other Days

1895

LITWORK

A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others
Boston and New-York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Collection of stories.

1896

LITWORK

Tom Grogan


Novel.

1898

LITWORK

Caleb West: Master Diver


Novel.

1903

LITWORK

Colonel Carter's Christmas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Novel; sequel to "Colonel Carter of Cartersville."

1907

LITWORK

The Romance of an Old Fashioned Gentleman

1908

LITWORK

Peter

1909

LITWORK

Forty Minutes Late and Other Stories


Collection of stories.

1915

DEATH

Francis Hopkinson Smith died in New York in 1915.

1915

INTERMENT

Francis Hopkinson Smith was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.

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