The father of Herman Melville.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Rubens_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Rubens Smith"><span title="American artist (1775-1849)">John Rubens Smith</span></a>
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1810<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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