George Gregory Smith

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

The grave of George Gregory Smith, Dean Cemetery

He corresponded with Mark Twain, and also lived in Florence 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.

Selected works
  • The Days of James IV
  • The Transition Period (of European literature of the fifteenth century)
  • Specimens of Middle Scots (1902)
  • Elizabethan Critical Essays (1904 - editor)

References
  1. "SMITH, George Gregory". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1628.


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