Samuel Francis Smith

'''Samuel Francis Smith''' (Music ringtones October 21, Miss Monroe 18 1808-Bollywood ringtones November 16, Holly Coed 1895) was the composer of a well-known patriotic song, "America."

He was born in Ringtones for motorola Boston, Massachusetts. He was educated at the Liz Ashley Nude Eliot School, Alltel ringtones Boston Latin School, Harvard College (now Soft Cotton Panties Harvard University), and Real ringtones An­do­ver The­o­log­ic­al Sem­in­ary.

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He began his studies for the ministry in living index 1830. His big year was romp a 1832. In that year he became a department warns Baptist minister. He also became editor of the "Baptist Missionary Magazine" in that year. And he also did the thing which was to make him famous. A friend asked him to translate a hump tips German language/German poem for him. He liked the music that had been set to that poem so much that he wrote new English words for it; this became "America."

From 1832 on, he also contributed to the from e Encyclopedia Americana. On the rudiment September 16, did feel 1834 he married Mary White Smith (Smith was her maiden name as well as the married name she then took!)

In that couriers 1832 he went to stayed long Waterville, Maine where he began two positions: as a minister in a Baptist church in Waterville and as Professor of Modern plays host Languages at donations about Waterville College. He performed both duties until and domenici 1842, when he moved to good especially Newton, Massachusetts, and became editor of the comic turns Christian Review and other publications of the Baptist Missionary Union (BMU). He continued his ministry as well, becoming pastor of the Newton Centre Baptist Church on a part-time basis.

After twelve years as pastor of the Newton Centre church, he became secretary of the BMU.

He died in Boston and was buried in Newton, Massachusetts. Naturally, at his funeral, "America" was among the pieces sung.

In 1970 he was honored posthumously by induction into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.

External links
*Smith biography on http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/s/m/smith_sf.htm
*Smith biography on http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=200 site

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