and also of the Pennsylvania Historical Society from its organization in 1825, and was its first corresponding secretary. Throughout his life he was active in the Society of Friends (Quakers) and served a term as clerk (convenor) of the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. He was also a member of the American Philosophical Society and of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. He was an original incorporator of the "Old Philadelphia Saving Fund". He published "The Principles of Chemistry" (Philadelphia, 1837,1842). Daniel Smith's son Benjamin R. Smith married Esther Fisher Wharton, the sister of Joseph Wharton. The American Pharmacists Association continues a yearly award in the name of Daniel B. Smith for excellence in the practice of Pharmacy. Footnotes References Chapter on Daniel B. Smith in: "Quaker biographies, series II : brief biographical sketches concerning certain members of the Religious Society of Friends". Philadelphia : PYM book store, 1926. History of the Apprentices' Library of Philadelphia, 1820-1920: The Oldest Free Circulating Library in America, by John Frederick Lewis (Philadelphia, 1924). http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~seaveyca/1876/Apprentice.html George D. Feidt Company Records, 1833-1939, Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia: https://web.archive.org/web/20070213211301/http://www.collphyphil.org/FIND_AID/hist/histgdf1.htm History of Haverford College, Chapters 2 & 5: https://web.archive.org/web/20070119180456/http://www.haverford.edu/library/collegehistory/pdfs/chapters/HistoryInterpretation_Chapter2.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070119180521/http://www.haverford.edu/library/collegehistory/pdfs/chapters/HistoryInterpretation_Chapter5.pdf Minutes of Quarterly Meeting of Friends held in Philadelphia, the Sixth of the Fifth Month, 1850: Haverford College Library. Daniel B. Smith papers, 1834-1845, Haverford College Library. Daniel B. Smith records, 1826-1851, Pennsylvania Historical Society. Family tree of Daniel B Smith: http://wharton.freeservers.com/danielburlingtonsmith.html New England Women and Their Families in the 18th and 19th Centuries: http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/2628_NEWomenSerBPt1.pdf Williams-Miles Collection—Rare Chemistry: https://web.archive.org/web/20060903070109/http://quest.harding.edu/A_CHEM1.pdf American Pharmacists Association—Awards Application and Guidebook, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20070821210537/http://www.aphanet.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home The Principles of Chemistry: Prepared for the use of schools, academies, and colleges, by Daniel B Smith. 1842 https://books.google.com/books?id=aSMJAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=daniel+b+smith&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BNY5T4W_D-Pz0gH3v7HKCw&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=daniel%20b%20smith&f=false Reprinted by Nabu Press (February 8, 2010) 1792 births 1883 deaths American Quakers American pharmacists Educators from Philadelphia Heads of universities and colleges in the United States University of the Sciences 19th-century American educators