John Pye Smith (1774–1851)

Clergyman and polymath. Son of a bookseller. Studied at Rotherham Academy. Resident classical tutor, Homerton Academy, from 1800. Ordained Congregational minister of a new independent church, 1804. Theological tutor, Homerton, 1806. Wrote on science and religion, insisting that Christians should welcome scientific fact as confirming faith. Fellow of the Geological Society of London, 1836. FRS 1840.