Eli Smith (September 13, 1801 – January 11, 1857) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar.
He worked in Malta until 1829, then in company with H. G. O. Dwight traveled through Armenia and Georgia to Persia.
[1] He went on to pursue the task which he considered to be his life's work: translation of the Bible into Arabic.
He married Mehitable (Hetty) Simkins (Butler) Smith on October 7, 1846, in Northampton, Massachusetts.
His daughter Mary Elizabeth Smith was educated at the female seminaries in Hartford, Connecticut, and Ipswich, Massachusetts, and taught at the Female Seminary at Mt.