Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead
Frederick William Robin Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead (born April 17, 1936 - February 16, 1985 in Spa , Belgium ) was a British writer .
Life
Smith was born in 1936 to Frederick Smith (1907–1975), 2nd Earl of Birkenhead, and the Hon. Sheila Berry . He was the grandson of Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930).
Smith first visited the Eton College in Eton (Berkshire) and then studied at Christ Church College of Oxford University .
Until the title of " Earl of Birkenhead " passed to him with the death of his father in 1975, he carried the courtesy title of " Viscount Furneaux". Under the pseudonym Robin Furneaux , based on this title , Birkenhead has been a writer since the 1960s. In 1967 he presented "The Amazon: The Story of a Great River" , a report on an expedition company on the Amazon , and in 1974 completed his biography of the anti-slavery actionist William Wilberforce , for which he received the 1975 "Heinemann Award".
Birkenhead died of a heart attack in 1985 while playing tennis at the Spa Tennis and Squash Club . He was unmarried and without an heir, so that his nobility titles "Earl of Birkenhead, Viscount Furneaux, Baronet Smith" lapsed.
Works
- The Amazon: The Story of a Great River. Putnam Pub Group, 1967, ISBN 0-399-10018-0 .
- William Wilberforce. Hamish Hamilton, 1974. (Reprint: 2006, ISBN 1-57383-343-6 )
Web links
- Frederick William Robin Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 17, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick Winston Smith |
Earl of Birkenhead 1975-1985 |
Title expired |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Smith, Frederick, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 3rd Earl of Birkenhead |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1985 |
| Place of death | Spa , Belgium |