Isaac Gregory Smith
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November 21, 1826
Isaac Gregory Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | Isaac Gregory Smith November 21, 1826 Manchester, England |
| Died | January 18, 1920 (aged 93) Woking, Surrey, England |
| Occupations | author, clergyman |
| Known for | authoring several books |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Website | www |
Isaac Gregory Smith (November 21, 1826 – January 18, 1920) was a British clergyman, Anglican rector and author of several books on the history of Christianity.[1]
He was born on November 21, 1826 in Manchester, England.[2]
He died on January 18, 1920, Woking, Surrey, England.[2]
Education
He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford.[2]
Career
After taking his Holy Orders, he was assigned to the rectory of Tedstone Delamere, Hertfordshire in 1854, and the vicarage of Great Malvern in 1872.[2]
He delivered the Bampton Lectures in 1873, his subject being The Characteristics of Christian Morality.[2]
Bibliography
He contributed several articles to the Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century.[3]
He is the author of a number of notable books:[4][5]
- Aristotelianism: The Ethics of Aristotle
- The Silver Bells: An Allegory (1873)
- Christian Monasticism From the Fourth to the Ninth Centuries of the Christian Era
- Aristotelianism the Metaphysics, the Psychology, the Politics
- The Conscience Clause, can it be Justified?
