Laurence Dwight Smith

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Laurence Dwight Smith
Born(1895-01-24)January 24, 1895
Detroit, MI
DiedSeptember 4, 1952(1952-09-04) (aged 57) [1]
Albany, NY
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materYale College
GenreCrime fiction
SubjectCryptography
Years activec. 1935–1952

Laurence Dwight Smith (1895-1952) [2] was an American author specializing in crime fiction and cryptography.

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Early life and education

Smith was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 24, 1895. After completing preparatory school at the Phillips Academy in 1914, he attended Yale College and, after graduating, took a job with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven, Connecticut as a machinist. [3] [4] He married Kathryn Marsh of New York City in August 1917, and in January 1918 he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Having been promoted to sergent in the Corps of Intelligence Police during World War I, he was discharged after the war in September 1919 at the age of 24. [5] [6]

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References

  1. (staff) (Obituary article) (September 6, 1952). "Laurence D. Smith, 57, Writer of Mysteries". New York Times.
  2. Hubin, Allen (January 1, 2004). Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1749-2000. Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. ISBN   978-1552465011.
  3. Catalogue of Phillips Academy, One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Year, March 1915. Andover, Massachusetts: Andover Press. 1915.
  4. Draft Registration Card, Laurence D. Smith, United States of America, Official Document, June 27, 1917
  5. Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, FHL microfilm 1642767, New York City Municipal Archives, New York, Official Document, August 23, 1917
  6. Laurence Dwight Smith, 4 Sep 1919; Military Service Record, NARA microfilm publication 76193916, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration), 1985