David C. Smith (1929–2009) was Bird and Bird Professor of History at

University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universitie ...

, Orono. He studied the relationship between geography and wealth. He was born in

Lewiston, Maine Lewiston (; ) is the List of municipalities in Maine, second most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine, with the city's population at 37,121 as of the 2020 United States census. The city lies halfway between Augusta, Maine, Augusta, the sta ...

and wrote The First Century: A History of the University of Maine, 1865–1965, the seminal history of the University of Maine. In 1994, Smith won the James Madison Prize of the Society for History in the Federal Government for his article with

Judy Barrett Litoff Judy Barrett Litoff (December 23, 1944 – July 3, 2022) was an American editor and author, best known for her editorial work on books on American women's history. A graduate of the University of Maine, she has been professor of history at Bryant ...

, "To the Rescue of the Crops: The Women's Land Army in World War II".

Publications

''Climate, Agriculture, History: An Introduction.''
In: ''

Agricultural History Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, and included a diverse range of taxa. At least eleven separate regions of the Old and New World were involved as independent centers of origin. The development of agriculture ...

'', vol. 63, no. 2, 1989, pp. 1–6. * David C. Smith, (1986) ''H. G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography'', New Haven and London: Yale University Press.Feaver, George (1988). Book Review: H. G. Wells: Desperately Mortal, A Biography. The ''American Historical Review'', 93, 3, 706-707.

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