Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith
Smith, c. 1912
Born
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith

(1865-10-18)18 October 1865
Millville, New Jersey
Died2 March 1946(1946-03-02) (aged 80)
London, England
OccupationEssayist, critic, autobiographer
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materHaverford College, Harvard College, University of Berlin, Balliol College, Oxford
Subject17th century divines
RelativesRobert Pearsall Smith (father), Hannah Whitall Smith (mother) and sisters Alys Pearsall Smith and Mary Berenson

Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith (18 October 1865 – 2 March 1946) was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines. His Words and Idioms made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, Unforgotten Years, in 1938.

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