Logan Pearsall Smith
![Logan Pearsall Smith (2nd from the right) with [[Hannah Whitall Smith]] (his mother, seated), and, from left: [[Ray Strachey]], [[Mary Berenson]] (his sister), [[Karin Stephen]] and [[Lady Henry Somerset]].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Lady_Henry_Somerset_with_Hannah_Whitall_Smith%2C_Mary_Brenson%2C_Logan_Pearsall_Smith%2C_Karin_Stephen_and_Ray_Strachey.jpg)
Logan Pearsall Smith (18 October 1865 – 2 March 1946) was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines. His ''Words and Idioms'' made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, ''Unforgotten Years'', in 1938.
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