Smith, Edwin William, 1876-1957 (Personal Name)

Author's The Ila-speaking peoples of Northern Rhodesia, 1929.

A handbook of the Ila language, 2011: t.p. (Edwin W. Smith) p. i (Edwin W. Smith of the Baila-Batonga Mission)

My Primitive Methodists website, viewed January 21, 2019 (Smith, Edwin Willim D.D. (1876-1957); born at Aliwal North, South Africa; his father John was a PM minister; in 1902 led the pioneer mission to the Ba-Ila, in Northern Rhodesia; chaplain during WW1; offered and accepted the position of Secretary for Italy of the British and Foreign Bible Society, subsequently was Secretary for Western Europe and then Literary Superindent; on retirement he fostered African studies at Negro College in the United States for 4 years; was president of the Royal Anthropological Institute; a founder of the International African Institute; his degree of Doctor of Divinity was awarded by Toronto University)

Wikipedia, German version, January 21, 2019 (Edwin William Smith; died 23 December 1957 in Deal, England; British missionary, ethnologist, linguist, historian and Africanist)

The Reverend Edwin William Smith was born September 7, 1876 in South Africa. He studied in England at Elmfield College, and returned to Africa as a missionary. He wrote numerous books on African subjects, including language and religion, and has been called the Father of African Studies.