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John Smith
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English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
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John Smith (1580–1631) was an English explorer, military personnel, writer, and autobiographer. Born in Willoughby and baptized on January 6, 1580, he held the rank of soldier and was a citizen of the Kingdom of England. He died in London on June 21, 1631. Smith wrote in English, and his literary output includes works such as *The true travels, adventures and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America* and *A description of New England*.
His writings have been documented in sources including *The Nuttall Encyclopædia* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. While some records list a work count of five, other sources indicate seventy-seven works, including *Harper's statistical gazetteer of the world* and *Ancient map and views of Bermuda*. He is distinguished from other individuals with the same name, such as the Labour Party leader and the geneticist John Maynard Smith.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1580
- Died
- 1631
- Works
- 77
Top works
- Advertisements for the unexperienced planters of New-England, or any where, or, the Pathway to experience to erect a plantation ...
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The true travels, adventures and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America
- Ancient map and views of Bermuda
- Harper's statistical gazetteer of the world
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 96,099
- Total plays
- 739,809
Tags
There are several artists with this name, including: 1. a guitar player and singer from Devon UK 2. a Canadian emcee with releases on Peanuts & Corn Records 3. the replacement member for Ryan Preston in the dance trio Cryalie (2009) 4. a post-hardcore band from Toronto 1) John Smith is a guitar player and singer from Devon. He has toured England, Europe and America extensively. His technical adventurousness and passion as a live performer have secured him support slots with <a href="https:/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,463x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,640x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,565x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,300x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,889x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “John Smith (Labour Party leader) (1938-1994)”
- “John Smith (explorer) (c. 1580-1631)”
- “John Maynard Smith (1920-2004), geneticist”
- “John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith”
- “John Smith, fictional character in the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- c. 1579 , Willoughby , Lincolnshire , Kingdom of England
- Died
- 21 June 1631 (aged 51), London , Kingdom of England
- Resting place
- St Sepulchre-without-Newgate , London
- Known for
- Helping to establish and govern the Jamestown colony , Exploration of Chesapeake Bay , Exploration and naming of New England , English literature
- Notable work
- A Description of New England , Generall Historie of Virginia
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to John Smith, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
John Smith (c. 1579 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, admiral of New England, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes Székely. Following his return to England from a life as a soldier of fortune and as a slave, he played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony between September 1608 and August 1609, and he led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, during which he became the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area. Later, he explored and mapped the coast of New England.
Jamestown was established on May 14, 1607. Smith trained the first settlers to work at farming and fishing, thus saving the colony from early devastation. He publicly stated, "He that will not work, shall not eat", alluding to 2 Thessalonians 3:10. Harsh weather, a lack of food and water, the surrounding swampy wilderness, and attacks from Native Americans almost destroyed the colony. With Smith's leadership, however, Jamestown survived and eventually flourished. Smith was forced to return to England after being injured by an accidental explosion of gunpowder in a canoe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.