Morton Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Morton Smith

American historian

Date of Birth: 28-May-1915

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1991

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher, academic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Morton Smith (May 28, 1915 – July 11, 1991) was an American professor of ancient history at Columbia University.
He is best known for his reported discovery of the Mar Saba letter, a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria containing excerpts from a Secret Gospel of Mark, during a visit to the monastery at Mar Saba in 1958.
This letter fragment has had many names, from The Secret Gospel through The Mar Saba Fragment and the Theodoros.