Smith, George Vance

Ph.D. (Tubingen, 1858), D.D. (Jena, 1873), Unitarian; b. at Port arlington, Ireland, June 13, 1816; educated in Manchester New College, Yoi-k and Manchester, 1836-41 graduated B.A. at London University, 1841; was minister at Bradford, Yorkshire, 1841-43, Macclesfield, 1843-46; theological tutor in Manchester New College, Manchester and London, 1846-57 minister at York, 1S5S-75; at the Upper Chapel, Sheffield, 1875-76; since 1876 has been principal of Car mar then Presbyterian College, Wales. He was one of the New Testament revisers from the formation of the committee in 1870. He is a Liberal Christian, unfettered by subscription to theological creeds. He is the author of The Proph' ecies relating to Nineveh and the A yrians, from the Hebrew, with Introductions and Commentary, London, 1857; The Bible and Popular Theology, in Reply to Mr. Gladstone, Dr. Liddon, etc., 1871, 3d ed. 1871; The Spirit and the Word of Christ, and their Permanent Le ons, 1875; The Prophets and their Interpreters, 1878; Texts and Margins of the Revised New Testament, 1881; joint author of The Holy Scriptures of the Old Covenant, a Revised Translation from the Hebrew, 1865, 3 vols.; has written many minor publications (sermons, lectures, tracts, etc.).