Editing William Henry Smyth (section)

==Involvement with learned institutions==
In 1821 he became a fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]] and of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] (RAS). On 15 June 1826 he was elected [[Fellow of the Royal Society]], and in 1830 was one of the founders of the [[Royal Geographical Society]] (RGS).<ref name="Markham23">{{cite book |last=Markham |first=Sir Clements Robert |date=1881 |title=The Fifty Years' Work of the Royal Geographical Society |publisher=J. Murray |page=23}}</ref> In 1845–6 he was president of the RAS and in 1849–50, of the RGS. He was vice-president and foreign secretary of the [[Royal Society]]; vice-president and director of the Society of Antiquaries; and an honorary or [[corresponding member]] of at least three-fourths of the literary and scientific societies in Europe.<ref name="dnb"/> as well as those in the United States. Among these were the [[Royal Irish Academy]], the [[Institut de France]], the [[Accademia Pontaniana]], the National Institute of Washington, and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1847),<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter S|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterS.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618090058/http://amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterS.pdf |archive-date=2006-06-18 |url-status=live|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref> and the Naval Lyceum of New York. He also served on the Board of Visitors to the [[Greenwich Observatory]].<ref name="obyrne">{{cite wikisource |first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=Smyth, William Henry |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]]}}</ref> He contributed numerous papers to the ''Philosophical Transactions'' and the ''Proceedings'' of the RAS and RGS, and from 1829 to 1849 to the ''United Service Journal''.