Born on August 18th, 1866, at Bredgar, near Sittingbourne, Kent, the son of James Freeman Smith, MRCS. He was educated at Clifton Down School, where he gained a scholarship, and afterwards entered King's College Hospital as a medical student. He served as House Accoucheur at King's College Hospital and as House Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital. He then acted as Anaesthetist, Pathologist, and Registrar at the Evelina Hospital for Children before turning his attention to mental disease. In 1912 he obtained the certificate of the Medico-Psychological Association after being second Assistant Medical Officer at the Devon County Mental Hospital, Exminster. He transferred to Nottingham Mental Hospital as Senior Assistant Medical Officer, and at the time of his death was Superintendent of the City Mental Hospital, Mapperley Hill, Nottingham. He died on May 13th, 1928, and was buried at Holcombe, Somerset. Publication: *The Mind in Health and Disease*.