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| Smyth, William. Adm. pens. (age 17) at PETERHOUSE, Jan. 26, 1783. [Eldest] s. of Thomas, banker, of Liverpool. B. 1765, in Liverpool. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1783; B.A. (8th Wrangler) 1787; M.A. 1790. Fellow, 1788-1825; tutor, 1806, Dean and Bursar. Regius Professor of modern history, 1807-49. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 6, 1783. Private tutor to Thomas Sheridan, elder son of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, living with his pupil at Wanstead, Bognor and Cambridge, 1793-1806. Describes his intercourse with his pupil's father as 'one of eternal insult, mortification and disappointment'; his salary was 'usually in arrears and his letters of protest unanswered.' Caricatured by Gillray. Retired to Norwich. A collection of books, given by him for the use of his successors in the Chair of modern history formed the nucleus of the Seeley memorial library. Author, Ode for the Installation of the Duke of Gloucester; English Lyrics; Lectures on Modern History; Lectures on the French Revolution; Evidences of Christianity; etc. Died, unmarried, June 24, 1849, at Norwich. M.I. in the cathedral and windows in Peterhouse chapel. (Eton Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.; Inns of Court; T. A. Walker, 350; T. Wright and Evans, Gillray, 480 and 482.) | William SMYTH Approx. lifespan: 1765–1849 pens. aged 17 Peterhouse adm1783:01:26 Eldest s. of Thomas SMYTH banker, of Liverpool, [ Lancashire ] b. 1765 in Liverpool, [ Lancashire ] Sch: Eton Matric 1783:10MT: BA 8 th Wrangler 1787 MA 1790 Fellow 1788-1825 Tutor: 1806 Dean and Bursar: Regius Professor of: modern History 1807-49 Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1783:02:06 Private Tutor to: : Thomas SHERIDAN elder son of Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN, living with his pupil Wanstead, [ London ] Bognor, [ Sussex ] and CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] 1793-1806 Describes his intercourse with his pupil's father as "one of eternal insult, mortification and disappointment"; his salary was "usually in arrears and his letters of protest unanswered." Caricatured by Gillray. Retired to Norwich, [ Norfolk ] A collection of books, given by him for the use of his successors in the Chair of modern History formed the nucleus of the Seeley memorial library. Publ.: Ode for the Installation of the Duke of Gloucester; English Lyrics; Lectures on Modern History; Lectures on the French Revolution; Evidences of Christianity ; etc. d., unmarried 1849:06:24 at Norwich, [ Norfolk ] MI the cathedral Norwich, Norfolk and windows in Peterhouse chapel. ( Eton College Reg.; D.N.B.; Inns of Court; T. A. Walker, 350; T. Wright and Evans, Gillray, 480 and 482) [add:]Contributor to the Monthly Review, 1787-99[:add] [add:]Romilly reports a portrait of him presented by his family to Peterhouse Aug. 1853[:add] [add:]Bust by Baily in Fitzwilliam Museum; portrait at Peterhouse [:add] [add:]Goodison: CP : 168; Atkinson, 301[:add] [add:](B.C. Tangle, Yale University; P.J. Barnwell)[:add] |