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Ernest Gilliat-Smith
English writer (1858–1935)
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Frederick Ernest Gilliat-Smith (July 8, 1858 – February 22, 1935) was an English Catholic poet and author of historical non-fiction.
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8 July 1858
Ernest Gilliat-Smith | |
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Gilliat-Smith in 1917 | |
| Born | Frederick Ernest Gilliat-Smith 8 July 1858 Woodmansterne, England |
| Died | 22 February 1935 (aged 76) Newbury, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Elinor Cockerell |
| Children | 3 |
Life
Gilliat-Smith was born in Woodmansterne, Surrey, on 8 July 1858. He converted to Catholicism in 1879 and pursued a literary career. He married Elinor Cockerell, with whom he had three children, Bernard, Guy[1] and Monica. After living some years in Bruges, Belgium, he moved to Rome in 1913. He died at home in Newbury, Berkshire, on 22 February 1935.[2]
Publications
Gilliat-Smith was a contributor to the Dublin Review, The Tablet, the American Ecclesiastical Review, the Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Catholic World, and the Catholic Encyclopedia. His independent publications include:
- Songs from Prudentius (London, John Lane, 1898)[3]
- Fantasies from Dreamland, illustrated by Flori van Acker (London, 1899)[4]
- Story of Bruges, illustrated by Edith Calvert and Herbert Railton (London, J.M. Dent, 1901).[5]
- Story of Brussels, illustrated by Katharine Kimball and Guy Gilliat-Smith (London, J.M. Dent, 1906).[6]
- St. Clare of Assisi (London, J.M. Dent, 1914).[7]
- Some Notes, Historical and Otherwise, concerning the Sacred Constantinian Order (London, J.M. Dent, 1922).[8]
- Saint Anthony of Padua according to his contemporaries (London & Toronto, J.M. Dent; New York, E.P. Dutton, 1926).[9]
