Edward Parmelee Smith
Edward Parmelee Smith (born June 1827 in South Britain , Connecticut , † July 27, 1876 in Accra ) was an American government official.
Smith was a Congregational Clergyman with a degree from Yale University . He was General Field Agent in the United States Christian Commission during the American Civil War and General Field Agent in the American Missionary Association after the war. After the Civil War he was one of the founders of Fisk University and other African American schools in the southern states. He was from 1873 to 1876 as the successor to Francis Amasa Walker Commissioner of Indian Affairs . Shortly before his death, he was made president of Howard University , but died of a fever before taking office while visiting missions in Africa.
Talcott Parsons was a descendant of the family (Edward Parmelee Smith was cousin of Talcott Parson's paternal grandmother).
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- Jump up ↑ Bruce Wearne: The theory and scholarship of Talcott Parsons to 1951, Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. 11
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| SURNAME | Smith, Edward Parmelee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US Government Official, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, President of Howard University |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Britain |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1876 |
| Place of death | at Accra |