Eli Smith

Missionary and translator, born in Northford, Connecticut, USA. He was ordained as a Congregational minister (1826) and went to Malta to work for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He travelled extensively in the Middle East (1829–31) and published his Missionary Sermons and Addresses (1833). During the last decade of his life he translated much of the Bible into Arabic. He died of cancer in Beirut and his work was finally completed by Cornelius Van Dyck.

Eli Smith (1801-1857) was an American Protestant Missionary and scholar, born at Northford, Conn. He worked in Malta until 1829, then in company with H. They published their observations, Missionary Researches in Armenia in 1833 in two volumes. Along with Edward Robinson, he made two trips to the Holy Land, then pursued the task which he considered to be his life's work: translation of the Bible into Arabic. Although he died before completing the task, the work was completed by C.