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Smith, Lloyd Pearsall

librarian, author, was born Feb. 6, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pa. He became hereditary assistant and treasurer in the Philadelphia and Loganian library, and in 1851 succeeded his father as librarian. He edited Lippincott's Magazine in 1868-70; and was the author of Report to the Contributors of the Pennsylvania Relief Association for East Tennessee of a Commission of the Executive Committee Sent to Examine that Region; Remarks on the Existing Materials for Forming a Just Estimate of Napoleon I; Remarks on the Apology for Imperial Usurpation Contained in Napoleon's Life of Cæsar; Address Delivered at Haverford College Before the Alumni; and Symbolism and Science. He died July 2, 1886, in Germantown, Pa.