death_place death_date birth_place citizenship subject relatives birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
london 2 march 1946 millville , new jersey british 17th century divines robert smith -lrb- mother -rrb- and sisters alys pearsall smith and pearsall mary berenson smith -lrb- father -rrb- , hannah whitall 18 october 1865 logan pearsall smith
 logan pearsall smith essayist , critic , autobiographer haverford , balliol college , oxford college , harvard college , university of berlin
logan pearsall smith

logan pearsall smith -lrb- 18 october 1865 -- 2 march 1946 -rrb- 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 , '' for which he may be best remembered .
