Date of Birth: 13 September 1801
Place of Birth: Northford, Connecticut
Date of Death: 11 January 1857
Place of Death: Beirut, Lebanon
Biography
Eli Smith was born into a simple farming family in western Connecticut in 1801, and brought up in a traditional pious New England Congregationalist community. His parents recognised his academic promise and sent him to study at Yale College. After graduating in 1821…