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SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 261 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SMITH, See also:GEORGE See also:ADAM (1856- ) , Scottish divine, was See also:born in See also:Calcutta on the 19th of See also:October 1856, where his See also:father, George Smith, C.I.E., was then See also:principal of the Doveton See also:College. He was educated at See also:Edinburgh in the Royal High School, the University and New College. After studying at See also:Tubingen and See also:Leipzig and travelling in See also:Egypt and See also:Syria, he entered the See also:ministry of the See also:Free See also:Church of See also:Scotland and was appointed See also:professor of Old Testament subjects in the Free Church College at See also:Glasgow 1892. In 1909 he was appointed principal of the University of See also:Aberdeen. Among his See also:works are The See also:Book of See also:Isaiah (2 vols., 1888–189o) ; The Book of the Twelve Prophets (2 vols., 1876–1877) ; See also:Historical See also:Geography of the See also:Holy See also:Land (1894) ; See also:Jerusalem (2 vols., 1907); The See also:Preaching of the Old Testament to the See also:Age (1893); The See also:Life of See also:Henry See also:Drummond (1898).

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