| Administrative History | In August 1839, Smith was travelling from his home in Scarborough to the annual meeting of British Association for the Advancement of Science which was to be held in Birmingham that year. He stopped off en route at the residence of his friend George Baker in Northampton and undertook a series of geological field trips around the area. However he caught a chill, which developed into a severe illness, and died on the evening of 28 August 1839. Smith was buried in St Peter's Church, Northampton. |