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
editHe was married to Mary Cadell (1866-1909) daughter of Col Robert Cadell. A son was the colonial administrator Henry Graham Gregory-Smith.
Selected works
edit- 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
edit- ^ "SMITH, George Gregory". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1628.
- ^ Twain, Mark (1905). Mark Twain's Letters. Vol. 5.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.- Author and Bookinfo.com
External links
edit- Works by or about George Gregory Smith at Wikisource
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