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{{Short description|Scottish theologian (1856–1942)}}
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[[File:Queen's Cross Church - geograph.org.uk - 450233.jpg|thumb|Queen's Cross Church, Aberdeen]]
[[File:The grave of George Adam Smith, Currie Churchyard.jpg|thumb|300px|The grave of George Adam Smith, [[Currie]] Churchyard]]
'''Sir George Adam Smith''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|FRSE|FBA}} (19 October 1856 – 3 March 1942) was a Scottish theologian. He was the [[Principal of the University of Aberdeen]] between 1909 and 1935 and an important figure in the [[ United Free Church of Scotland]].
 
==Life==
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In 1909, he was appointed Principal and Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Aberdeen]], a post he held until his retirement in 1935. He was elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] in 1916, and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29483 |date=22 February 1916 |pages=1946–1947}}</ref>
 
He served as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]] of the [[United Free Church of Scotland]] in 1916-17.<ref>These facts of his life are largely drawn from S.A. Cook,'George Adam Smith 1856-1942', ''Proceedings of the British Academy'', vol.xxviii (London: Oxford University Press).</ref>
 
In 1917, he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[John Horne]], [[Cargill Gilston Knott]], [[Ben Peach]] and [[John Sutherland Black]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{Gutenberg author |id=Smith,+George+Adam 5016| name=George Adam Smith}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=George Adam Smith |sopt=t}}
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