James Cameron Smail
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He was born in 1880, the son of Adam Smail, a bookseller and stationer in Bruntsfield, living at 18 Spittal Street in Tollcross, Edinburgh.[2] He was privately educated at Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh. From 1902 until 1911 he was a school inspector in Ireland. In 1911 he appears to live at 31 Brighton Road in Rathmines on the outskirts of Dublin.[3] From 1911 to 1928 he worked for London County Council.
In 1928 he became Principal of Heriot-Watt College and started a major expansion programme.[4] In 1929 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir James Alfred Ewing, Richard Stanfield, Francis Gibson Baily and Alfred Archibald Boon. He was a regular attender of meetings.[5]
He retired in 1950. In 1951 he was made a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland.[6] He died on 26 April 1970.
Family
In 1908 he married Louisa Florence Davidson. His daughter was Elizabeth Margaret Cameron Smail.[1]
