caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date known_for image article_title name
smith , 1868 12 june 1870 massachusetts hatfield , massachusetts august 27 , 1796 founding smith college sophia smith late 1860s.jpg sophia smith
 sophia smith
sophia smith

sophia smith -lrb- august 27 , 1796 -- june 12 , 1870 -rrb- founded smith college in 1870 with the substantial estate she inherited from her father , who was a wealthy farmer , and six siblings .
an avid reader , smith attended schools in hatfield , massachusetts , and hartford , connecticut .
she later attended hopkins academy in hadley , massachusetts .
