Smart, John Semple ♂

Education

Student United College 1886-1887 Eng. Lit.; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1887-1888 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1888-1889 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2. 1889-1890 M. Phil.; Log.; Gk. 3 1890-1891 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Adv. Met.; Educ. 1892-1893 Hon. Log.; Hon. Gk.; Hon. Lat. Glendee bursar, 1887. Tyndall Bruce scholar, 1891. Jubilee Prize, 1889. Rector’s prize, 1892. M.A. 30.3.1894 1st cl. hons. Mental Philosophy.

D.Litt. 27.3.1912.

Birth/childhood

Born 26.7.1868 at Port Glasgow son of David Smart, chemist and druggist and Isabella Semple.

Career

Private Secretary to Viscount Novar in London. Tutor in Canada. Teacher Ayr Academy and Glasgow Academy.

Lecturer in English, Glasgow University from 1907. [University lecturer]

Published on Ossian.

Death

Died 23.3.1925.

Sources

• UYUC400:20.1.1887
• UYUY452/21/322, 536, 22/7
• Census 1891 St Andrews
• College Echoes 1924/25 p119, 1928/29 p36
• After Many Days Club Report 1928
• St Andrews Citizen 28.3.1925 p5 col. 2
• Deaths Reg. Hillhead 1925/275