Smith, ALBERT

Smith, ALBERT, was born at Chertsey, Surrey, on 24th May 1816, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He entered the Middlesex Hospital, and, after in 1838 becoming an M.R.C.S., proceeded to Paris to complete his studies. He then commenced practice with his father, but soon relinquished it for lecturing and light literature, and published upwards of a score of books, some of which were illustrated by Leech. His novels include The Adventures of Mr Ledbury (1844), Scattergood Family (1845), Marchioness of Brinvilliers (1846), Christopher Tadpole (1848), and The Pottleton Legacy (1849); of his entertainments the most successful was 'The Ascent of Mont Blanc' (1852). He appeared in this at the Egyptian Hall only two days before his death, which took place at Fulham on 23d May 1860.