Cedric Austen Bardell Smith (February 5 1917 - January 10 2002) was a British statistician and geneticist. Born in Leicester, he was educated at Wyggeston Boys' School until 1929 when the family moved to London. His education continued at Bec School, Tooting for three years then at University College School, London. In 1935, having failed his Higher School Certificate, he was awarded an exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated in the Mathematical Tripos, with a First in Part II in 1937 and a Distinction in Part III in 1938. Following graduation he began postgraduate research, taking his Ph.D. in 1942.

While a student at Cambridge, Smith became close friends with three other students at Trinity College, R. L. Brooks, A. H. Stone and W. T. Tutte. Together they tackled a number of problems in the mathematical field of combinatorics and devised an imaginary mathematician, 'Blanche Descartes', under which name to publish their work. The group studied dissections of rectangles into squares, especially the 'perfect' squared square, a square that is divided into a number of smaller squares, no two of which are the same size. Publications under the name of 'Blanche Descartes' or 'F. de Carteblanche' continued to appear into the 1980s. The group also published more mainstream articles under their own names, the final one being R.L. Brooks, C.A.B. Smith, A.H. Stone and W.T. Tutte, 'Determinants and current flows in electric networks', Discrete Math., Vol. 100 (1992).

During the Second World War, as a Quaker, Smith joined the Friends Relief Service. He worked as a Porter at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. Smith’s pacifist views saw him develop an interest in peace studies. Among other responsibilities for the Society of Friends, he was a member of the Quaker Peace Studies Trust which established the chair of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. Smith was also a founder member (and Chairman) of the Conflict Research Society.

In 1946 he was appointed Assistant Lecturer at the Galton Laboratory at University College London. He remained at UCL for the rest of his career, becoming successively Lecturer and Reader, before appointment as Weldon Professor of Biometry in 1964. On his arrival at UCL Smith was influenced by J. B. S. Haldane, who introduced him to problems of linkage in human genetics in which field he was able to bring his skills as a statistician to bear.

Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in 1945. He was a member of the Genetical Society (serving as Treasurer), the Biometric Society (British Region), serving as President 1971-1972, and the International Statistical Institute.

In 1957 he married Piroska Vermes (1921-2000), known as 'Piri'. They had one son, who survived them. Piri's father, Dr. Paul Vermes (1897-1968), was a Hungarian refugee who became a professional mathematician at the age of 50.

Cedric Smith is an actor from Bournemouth, England (born 1943). He played Alec King in the CBC television series Road to Avonlea and was the voice of Professor X in the X-Men TV series.

Smith got a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in 1993 for his part in Road to Avonlea.

He also provided the voice of Mentor on the short-lived Silver Surfer animated series, also on the Fox network.

Guest appeared on the syndicated program Mutant X in its first season, as well as on the cult hit Forever Knight — alongside his then-wife, Disher.

He also provides narration for Canada's History Television's show, Turning Points in History.

Cedric Smith ended up in Canada when he was about 10 years old. In 1961, he dropped out of high school to become a fulltime folk singer. He played and sang with the legendary Canadian group, Perth County Conspiracy.

He has a son named Darcy Montgomery Smith who was born in 1993. He is the ex-husband of Catherine Disher.

Cedric Delon Smith (born May 27, 1968 in Enterprise, Alabama) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Washington Redskins, and the Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at the University of Florida.

Son, Darcy Montgomery Smith, born in 1993 when he was 50 to then-wife actress Catherine Disher