Horace smith ozymandias
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Biography of Horace Smith
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Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry
SMITH, Horatio (1779-1849: ODNB)
Familiarly known as "Horace," he was the fifth of eight children born in London to Protestant dissenters, Mary (Bogle) Smith and Robert Smith, a lawyer; like his brothers he was well educated but did not attend university. He went from being a clerk in a counting house to partner in an insurance business, then became a stock broker. On the Stock Exchange he grew so rich that he was able to leave business in 1820 and attend to his literary pursuits. He brought out the first of many novels in 1800, contributed regularly to periodicals (with occasional collections separately published), and had his first play performed in 1812. Social satire and light comedy were his forte. The identity and fate of his first partner are not known but they had two children, the first born in 1811; in 1817 he married Sophia Ford, who raised those two children along with two more daughters of their own and was always identified as his second wife. The collection of parodies of prominent contemporary poets entitled
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Horace Smith (inventor)
American gunsmith, inventor, and businessman
For other people named Horace Smith, see Horace Smith (disambiguation).
Horace Smith (October 28, 1808 – January 15, 1893) was an American gunsmith, inventor, and businessman. He and his business partner Daniel B. Wesson formed two companies named "Smith & Wesson", the first of which was eventually reorganized into the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and the latter of which became the modern Smith & Wesson.
Early career
Born in Cheshire, Massachusetts, Smith was employed by the U. S. Armory service from 1824 to 1842, when he moved to Newtown, Connecticut. He was employed by various gun makers up to the 1840s, when he moved to Norwich, Connecticut. He is then listed as a partner of Cranston & Smith. It is known that while in Norwich, he engaged in the manufacture of whaling guns and he is credited with the invention of the explosive bullet used to kill whales.
Volcanic Repeating Arms
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Smith and Daniel B. Wesson formed a partnership in
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