births
October 18, 1865
Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic (died 1946)
Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines. His Words and Idioms made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, Unforgotten Years, in 1938.