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:''For other people named John Smith, see the John Smith navigation page'' John Stafford Smith (30 March 175021 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Stafford Smith is best known for writing the music for ''The Anacreontic Song'', which became the tune for the American patriotic song ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' following the War of 1812, and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America. ==Early life and education== Smith was baptised in Gloucester Cathedral, England on 30 March 1750, the son of Martin Smith, organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1743 to 1782. He attended the Gloucester cathedral school where he became a boy-singer. He furthered his career as a choir boy at the Chapel Royal, London and also studied under the famous Dr. William Boyce.
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