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Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)

Goldwin Smith was a British historian and journalist, active in the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1856 to 1866, he was a professor of modern history at Oxford University. He taught at Cornell University in the United States from 1868 to 1872, and was instrumental in establishing the school's international reputation, but left the university when it began admitting female students. He is the namesake of Goldwin Smith Hall at Cornell.

13 August 1823

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