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SMITH, George Williamson, clergyman, born in Catskill, New York, 21 November, 1836. He was graduated at Hobart in 1857, was principal of Bladens-burg academy, Maryland, in 1858-'9, and served as a clerk m the United States navy department in 1861-'4, at the same time studying theology. He was ordained deacon in 1860, and priest in 1864, in the Protestant Episcopal church, and was an assistant at various churches in Washington, D. C. He was acting professor of mathematics in the United States naval academy at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1864-'5, chaplain at the Annapolis academy in 1865-'8, and chaplain on the United States steamship " Franklin " in 1868-'71. He was rector of Grace church, Jamaica, L. I., in 1872-'81, of the Church of the Redeemer, Brooklyn, New York, in 1880-'3, and since the latter date has been president of Trinity college, a portion of which is shown in the accompanying illustration, tie received the degree of D. D. from Hobart in 1880, and from Columbia in 1887. Trinity gave him the degree of LL.D. in the latter year. He has published occasional sermons, and is the author of a " Memoir of Reverend John H. Van Ingen" (printed privately, Rochester, New York, 1878).
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