Edmund Munroe Smith (December 8, 1854 – April 13, 1926) was an American jurist and historian.
Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Horatio Southgate Smith and his wife, Susan Dwight Munroe. [1] He received his A.B. from Amherst College in 1874 and his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1877. [2] In 1879, Smith returned to Amherst to earn an A.M. degree. [2] He received the degree of J.U.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1880. [2]
In 1890, Smith married Emma Gertrude Huidekoper, daughter of General Henry S. Huidekoper. [1] They had one daughter, Gertrude Munroe Smith, born in 1891. [1] Smith's brother, Henry Maynard Smith (he changed his name to Henry Smith Munroe), was also a professor at Columbia, and served as Dean of the School of Mines from 1891 to 1915. Smith's great-granddaughter is Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay and candidate for Governor of California.
Smith filled several posts at Columbia University from 1880 onwards. He was a lecturer in Roman law and an instructor in history from 1880 to 1883. [2] He was promoted to adjunct professor of history in 1883, and became a full professor of Roman law and comparative jurisprudence in 1891. [2] Smith was one of the founders of the Political Science Quarterly, and served as its managing editor from 1886 to 1893 and again from 1904 to 1913. [3]
He retired from teaching in 1924 and died of pneumonia in 1926 at the age of seventy-one. [4]
His works include:
He wrote articles on Roman law and cognate subjects for the New International Encyclopedia.
Edmund Munroe Smith (December 8, 1854 – April 13, 1926) was an American jurist and historian.
Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Horatio Southgate Smith and his wife, Susan Dwight Munroe. [1] He received his A.B. from Amherst College in 1874 and his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1877. [2] In 1879, Smith returned to Amherst to earn an A.M. degree. [2] He received the degree of J.U.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1880. [2]
In 1890, Smith married Emma Gertrude Huidekoper, daughter of General Henry S. Huidekoper. [1] They had one daughter, Gertrude Munroe Smith, born in 1891. [1] Smith's brother, Henry Maynard Smith (he changed his name to Henry Smith Munroe), was also a professor at Columbia, and served as Dean of the School of Mines from 1891 to 1915. Smith's great-granddaughter is Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay and candidate for Governor of California.
Smith filled several posts at Columbia University from 1880 onwards. He was a lecturer in Roman law and an instructor in history from 1880 to 1883. [2] He was promoted to adjunct professor of history in 1883, and became a full professor of Roman law and comparative jurisprudence in 1891. [2] Smith was one of the founders of the Political Science Quarterly, and served as its managing editor from 1886 to 1893 and again from 1904 to 1913. [3]
He retired from teaching in 1924 and died of pneumonia in 1926 at the age of seventy-one. [4]
His works include:
He wrote articles on Roman law and cognate subjects for the New International Encyclopedia.