SMITH, Eugene Allen, geologist, born in Alabama, 27 October, 1841. He was graduated at the University of Alabama in 1862, where he was assistant in mathematics and Latin in 1863-'5, and then spent three years at the universities of Berlin, Gottingen, and Heidelberg, receiving in 1868 the degree of Ph. D. from the last-named institution. In 1868 he became assistant state geologist of Mississippi, and he held that office until 1871, and in 1873 he was made state geologist of Alabama, which appointment he has since filled. Dr. Smith was called to the chair of mineralogy and geology in the University of Alabama in 1871, and in 1874 the title of his chair was changed to that of chemistry, geology, and natural history, which he still fills. He was honorary commissioner to the World's fair in Paris in 1878, and during 1880-'2 was special census agent engaged in the preparation of reports on cot-ton-production in Alabama and Florida. In 1885-'6 he was commissioner for selecting lands that had been given to the University of Alabama. Dr. Smith is a member of various scientific societies, has been secretary of the section on geology and geography of the American association for the advancement of science, and is a member of the American committee of the International geological congress, and its reporter on the marine tertiary in 1886-'8. Besides geological memoirs, his publications include annual "Geological Reports of the Alabama State Survey" (Montgomery, 1874 et seq.), also special reports to the United States geological survey, the United States entomological commission, and the United States census bureau.