SMITH, Daniel B., educator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 14 July, 1792" died in Germantown, Pennsylvania, 29 March, 1883. He was educated under John Griscom, from whom he acquired a fondness for scientific studies. On leaving school, he was apprenticed to the drug business, and on completing his term was admitted to partnership. In 1819 he opened a drug-store, and continued thereafter in active mercantile pursuits until within a few years of his death. He was one of the founders of the Apprentices' library in 1820, and was active in the movement that led to the establishment of the College of pharmacy in 1822. In 1821 he became secretary of the preliminary organization, which office he then held until his election as vice-president in 1828, and from 1829 till 1854 he was its president, also serving as chairman of the committee on publication that in 1826 issued the first number of the "American Journal of Pharmacy." Meanwhile, in 1834, he became professor of moral philosophy, English literature, and chemistry in Haverford school (now college), and continued in that place until 1846. He was influential in organizing the House of refuge in 1828, and the American pharmaceutical association in 1852, and presided over its first meeting in Philadelphia. Professor Smith was a member of the Franklin institute from its inception in 1824, of the Historical society from its organization in 1825, and was its first corresponding secretary. He was also a member of the American philosophical society and of the Philadelphia academy of natural sciences. He published "The Principles of Chemistry " (Philadelphia, 1842).