Educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was headmaster at Westminster (1764-88) and prebendary of Peterborough (1787-1808).

REFERENCES TO Samuel Smith:

Robert Southey, “Memoir: Westminster School,” 29 August 1824 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey, “Memoir: Westminster School,” 16 March 1825 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Wood Warter, 12 November 1835 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)