George Gregory Smith



Prof George Gregory Smith (20 June 1865 – 3 March 1932) was a Scottish literary critic.

He corresponded with Mark Twain, and also lived in Florence 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
He was married to Mary Cadell (1866-1909) daughter of Col Robert Cadell. A son was the colonial administrator Henry Graham Gregory-Smith.

Selected works

 * 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).