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Francis Abel Smith

1861–1908

Born
3 Apr 1861
Died
23 Mar 1908, Q925424
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  • Birth3 Apr 1861Probable1 source
  • TitleHigh Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, 1900–1901Confirmed1 source
  • Death23 Mar 1908, Q925424Probable1 source
  • UnionMadeline SeymourConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Sir Henry Abel Smith

    Birth, London

  3. Event · High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

    Event

  4. Died · Q925424

    Death, Q925424

What was it like?

The world around 1861: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Francis was born the same year as Rabindranath Tagore, Georges Méliès, and James Naismith.

Known for

Titles held

  • High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire1900–1901
Born the same year

  • Rabindranath Tagore

    Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

  • Georges Méliès

    French filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)

  • James Naismith

    Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

  • Fridtjof Nansen

    Norwegian polar explorer (1861–1930)

  • Alfred North Whitehead

    English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)

  • Charles Édouard Guillaume

    Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

During their lifetime

  1. 1870

    1870 Education Act mandate school for everyone

    The Education Act of 1870 mandated that school became accessible for everyone in Britain.

  2. 1879

    1879 Tay Bridge collapses killing 75 passengers

    In 1879, the two-mile Tay Bridge collapsed during a storm, killing 75 passengers in Britain's largest engineering disaster.

  3. 1881

    1881 First electric power station opens

    The first electric power station in England opened in Godalming in 1881.

  4. 1897

    1897 Marconi receives patent for radio communications

    Guglielmo Marconi received the first patent for radio communications in 1897.

  5. 1908

    Old Age Pensions Introduced in 1908

    In 1908, Parliament approved means-tested old age pensions of up to five shillings a week for people over 70.

Family

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Ancestors and children

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