2 Quotes & Sayings By Paul Smith
Paul Smith was born in 1868, in Wallsend-upon-Tyne, England. His father was an engineer and his mother a housewife. Educated at the local school, he began work as an apprentice at the age of fourteen. At sixteen, he went to sea on a sailing ship which he left at the age of nineteen to become a cabin boy on a steamship
He served in this capacity for three years before being promoted to third mate. After serving on other ships, Paul Smith took command of his own vessel for over three years before being promoted to master mariner.