Quotes:Smith, George

Zirkoff, Boris

Smith, George. English Assyriologist, b. at Chelsea, London, March 26, 1840; d. at Aleppo, Aug. 19, 1876. Was a banknote engraver by trade. Through the interest of Sir Henry Rawlinson, was appointed assistant in the Assyriology department of the British Museum. The earliest of his successes was the discovery of two 531 inscriptions, one fixing the date of the total eclipse of the sun in the month Sivan (May), 763 B.C., and the other the date of the invasion of Babylonia by the Elamites in 2280 B.C. Achieved worldwide renown by his Chaldean Account of Genesis, Rpr. Wizards Bks. 1977. Engaged in widespread excavations at Neneveh and Kuyunjik, during three separate expeditions, 1873-76. One of his best works is *Ancient History from the Monuments. The History of Babylonia, posthumously publ. in London, 1877, and edited and brought up to date by the Rev. A. H. Sayce in a new edition, London, 1895. Smith also wrote a work on Assyria, publ. in 1875.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, pp. 530-531

Smith, George (1840-1876). *Ancient History from the Monuments. History of Babylonia. Ed. by Rev. A. H. Sayce. London, 1877.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 665

Smith, George (1840–1876). *The Chaldean Account of Genesis, containing the description of the creation, the fall of man, etc., etc.; from the cuneiform inscriptions. London: S. Low and Rivington, 1876; New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1876; new ed., 1880. 8vo.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, p. 475