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| known_for = Pioneered Aerophilately in India | | known_for = Pioneered Aerophilately in India | ||
| occupation = Dentist | | occupation = Dentist | ||
| alma_mater = [[St. | | alma_mater = [[St. Patrick's Higher Secondary School|St. Patrick's High School]]<br>College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bengal<ref name="SoI_1942" /> | ||
| father = William Batt Smith <ref name="IAM2_1992"/> | | father = William Batt Smith <ref name="IAM2_1992"/> | ||
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'''Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith''' (14 February 1891 – 15 February 1951)<ref name="SoI_1942">{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Jal |title=Stamps of India |date=1942 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124811/page/n154 |accessdate=28 | '''Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith''' (14 February 1891 – 15 February 1951)<ref name="SoI_1942">{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Jal |title=Stamps of India |date=1942 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124811/page/n154 |accessdate=28 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="IAM2_1992">{{cite web |title=Indian Stamp Collectors Association: Stephen Smith Commemoration Issue |url=https://www.indianairmails.com/uploads/8/1/0/8/81084928/0724_190715102356_001.pdf |accessdate=14 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914034956/https://www.indianairmails.com/uploads/8/1/0/8/81084928/0724_190715102356_001.pdf |archivedate=14 September 2019 |date=1992}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/by-rocket-i-go-24615|title=By rocket I go!|last=Zarif|first=Mannan Mashhur|date=8 March 2015|work=The Daily Star|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> often known as '''Stephen Smith''', was a pioneering [[India]]n [[aerospace engineer]] who developed techniques in [[rocket mail|delivering mail by rocket]]. | ||
Unlike [[Friedrich Schmiedl]], whom the Austrian Authorities banned from further experimenting, Smith was encouraged in his experiments by Indian Officials. In the ten-year span of his experiments (1934–1944), Smith made some 270 launches, including at least 80 rocket mail flights. | Unlike [[Friedrich Schmiedl]], whom the Austrian Authorities banned from further experimenting, Smith was encouraged in his experiments by Indian Officials. In the ten-year span of his experiments (1934–1944), Smith made some 270 launches, including at least 80 rocket mail flights. | ||