Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
de Smet, Jean
Parallel form(s) of name
De Smet, Pierre-Jean
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Description area
Dates of existence
1801-1873
History
Flemish Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He is known primarily for his widespread missionary work in the mid-19th century among the Native American peoples, in the midwestern and northwestern United States and western Canada.