James Smith of Jordanhill (1782–1867)

Scottish geologist and biblical historian. Sleeping partner in the firm of West India merchants Leitch & Smith. Member of the geological societies of Glasgow, London, and France. A pioneer of post-Tertiary geology in Scotland; first to prove that a colder climate preceded the present one. President of Anderson’s University, Glasgow (later University of Strathclyde), 1830–9. Author of The voyage and shipwreck of St Paul (1848). FRS 1830.