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:''Note in particular that this George Smith is to be distinguished from [[George Smith (Assyriologist)]] (1840–1876) who researched in some overlapping areas.''
[[File:Rev George Adam Smith in 1895.png|thumb|
[[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]]
==Life==
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He was educated at [[Edinburgh]] in the [[Royal High School (Edinburgh)|Royal High School]].
He then studied Divinity at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and the [[New College, Edinburgh|New College]], graduating MA in 1875.{{cn}}
After studying for summer semesters as a postgraduate at the [[University of Tübingen]] (1876) and the [[University of Leipzig]] (1878) and travelling in [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]]. He was ordained into the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] in 1882 and served at the Queen's Cross Free Church in [[Aberdeen]].<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}}</ref>
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From 1924 to 1938 he was Patron of the [[Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen]].<ref>http://www.seventradesofaberdeen.co.uk/patrons-over-the-years/#</ref>
He died at home, "Sweethillocks" in [[Balerno]] south-west of [[Edinburgh]] on 3 March 1942. He is buried with his wife and children in the north-east corner of [[Currie]] Cemetery in south-west [[Edinburgh]].{{cn}}
==Publications==
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