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[edit] Deceased

This article does not concern any currently living people. It concerns only Langdon Smith, who is no longer alive. If it is found to concern any one else, then it should be altered appropirately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.9.13 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Confusion of two Langdon Smiths?

I believe there may be information for two different individuals comingled in this article. I found an New York Times obituary (04/09/1908) for a Langdon Smith (referred to by friends as "Denver") who served as a war correspondent for New York newspapers in the 1890s. He was born in Kentucky on 01/04/1858 and died in New York City on 04/08/1908). He was married to Marie Antoinette Wright, who committed suicide two weeks after his death. The poet, Langdon W. Smith, apparently came to the U.S. from Scotland at age 14, and may have also died in 1908 -- he apparently got ill in New York and returned to the UK to die. Perhaps the confusion arises from the fact that the poet's poetry was published in New York newspapers around the same time the corresondent's articles were published. The confusion is summed up well at the web site Sherry Chandler. Apparently it has been decided to keep this article, but I've no idea how to go about unknotting this ambiguity. Ronald W Wise 21:58, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I was aware of this when I began the article. My aim was to write on the poet Langdon Smith. Perhaps we should start another article for his doppelganger, or simply add a section to this article disambiguating the two men. I have not been able to find any published sources with insightful information on the poet; this one seems a little bit lost in time and could probably use someone experienced in the field. Thanks for revamping my interest:) Chooper 21:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] At least 2 Langdon Smiths...

I just noticed this discussion, and there is at least one American born artist Langdon Smith with known birth and death dates, with whom the journalist and poet is confused, and perhaps a third, a naturalist born in Scotland. In my recent edits to the page I included what little I had found on the American artist Langdon Smith in a hidden comment with this info:

Langdon Smith (12 June 1870 - 9 September 1959) was an American artist.

A little info on him is available at :

I still won't have much time to do anything further on this today, and perhaps not any time soon, but most of what little info I had on the poet Langdon Smith was obtained from:

I am interested in helping to clear up the confusions that exist about the 2 or 3 Langdon Smiths who have been mentioned, to the extent it is possible. ~ Kalki 13:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)