Edwin Smith (April 13, 1851 - December 1, 1912) was an American astronomer, and a founding member of the Cosmos Club and National Geographic Society.
[1] Edwin Smith was born in New York City on Sunday, April 13, 1851, and was raised during the Gilded Age.
He was the fourth son of six children born to Edwin, a city surveyor,[2] and Adelia Olivia Smith (née McIntyre).
[5] On April 8, 1874,[6] it was announced that Edwin was chosen as "chief of party" to lead an expedition to Chatham Island, New Zealand, to study the Transit of Venus.
[5][27] The 1964 film Lilith, starring Warren Beatty utilized the home Edwin built in Rockville, Maryland.