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James Smith

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English-born Australian journalist and encyclopedist

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According to Wikipedia, James Smith was an English-born Australian journalist and encyclopedist, leader-writer and drama critic for the Melbourne Age. Early life Smith was born at Loose near Maidstone, Kent, England, son of James Smith, supervisor of inland revenue, and his wife Mary. Smith junior was initially educated for the church, however, he took up journalism and at the age of 20 was editing the Hertfordshire Mercury and County Press. In 1845 he published Rural Records or Glimpses of Village Life, which was followed by Oracles from the British Poets , Wilton and its Associations , and Lights and Shadows of Artist Life and Character . Between 1848 and 1854 he was the editor of the Salisbury and Winchester Journal.

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