George Gregory Smith

Scottish literary critic (1865–1932)

The grave of George Gregory Smith, Dean Cemetery

Prof George Gregory Smith (20 June 1865 – 3 March 1932) was a Scottish literary critic.[1]

He corresponded with Mark Twain, and also lived in Florence[2] for a while.

He died in London but is buried with his wife Mary east of the western path in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.

Family

He was married to Mary Cadell (1866-1909) daughter of Col Robert Cadell. A son was the colonial administrator Henry Graham Gregory-Smith.

Selected works

  • The Days of James IV (1890)
  • The Transition Period (1900)
  • Specimens of Middle Scots (1902)
  • Elizabethan Critical Essays, vol. I & vol. II (1904, editor)
  • Scottish Literature: Character & Influence (1919).

References

  1. ^ "SMITH, George Gregory". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1628.
  2. ^ Twain, Mark (1905). Mark Twain's Letters. Vol. 5.

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