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The Reverend Edwin William Smith (1876—1957) was a Primitive Methodist missionary/anthropologist and author who was born in South Africa, studied at Elmfield College, and then worked in Africa..

He was born at Aliwal North, South Africa, on September 7, 1876. His parents were missionaries of the Primitive Methodist Connexion. His father, John Smith (1840—1915), went to Aliwal North in 1874 and spent ten of the next fourteen years there. Returning to London, he became secretary of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in the 1890s and president of the Primitive Methodist Conference in 1898.

Edwin Smith has been called the father of African Studies, and features in Who was Who?.

In 1899 he married Julia, daughter of James Fitch of Peasenhall, Suffolk. He served in Africa as a missionary of the Primitive Methodist Church, 1898-1915.

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Total Books: 7
Alexander v Hillman US Supreme Court Transcript of Record with Supporting Pleadings
The IlaSpeaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia
2010 - The Ilaspeaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781140264361
ISBN-10: 1140264362
Genre: History
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Religion of Lower Races As Illustrated by the African Bantu
2003 - Religion of Lower Races As Illustrated By the African Bantu (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780766147133
ISBN-10: 0766147134
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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Ila Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia Part 1
Ila Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia Part 1 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780766176423
ISBN-10: 0766176428
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Ila Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia Part 2
Ila Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia Part 2 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780766176430
ISBN-10: 0766176436
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Aggrey of Africa
Aggrey of Africa [The Black heritage library collection] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780836989090
ISBN-10: 0836989090
Genres: Travel, Nonfiction
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Ila Speaking Peoples of N Rhodesia 2 Volumes
Ila Speaking Peoples of N Rhodesia 2 Volumes (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781299113602
ISBN-10: 1299113605
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