OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 485, 19 April 1909, Page 5

OBITUARY.

THE PRIMATE OF AUSTRALIA. : In! TKLIIGKAI'II—TItUSS ASSOCIATION—COI'tttIOUT.) r(Rec. April IP, 0;55 him,) ''''.':... '; ■" ■ ■;■:■.- .: : "■■ Sydney,, April 18. Dr. AVmi Saumaroz Smith, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia, who has been ill for somo time, is dead;; aetat 73. ..., ■■.' '' ;. ■',;■'■;[ ",-. - : , ' .- ■'._ ;'. A DISTINGUISHED CAREER.' \ ■'', ■ ' Tho most Eev,'.- William Sauniarez Smith Anglican Archbishop o£; Sydney .anil .Pnmato : of Australia, was the son of the -E«v v - Richard ' Snqwdon: Smith, prebendary •■ of Ghiohester,' and 'was' born at Ht: Heliers in 1836 Hβ was educated at Marlborough, and at Trinity Cblcge , (Cambridge), of which society he was a scholar. He won the Cams Greek Testament prize in 1857, anil graduated B.A. with first-class in 1 the classical tripos, and A a first-class in '; the theological tripos, in 1858. His scholarly attainments did not end there, for in 1859 he won the Scholefidd prize, the 33achelors' Cams Greek. Testament prize, ; and., the Crosse ; Theological 'Scholarship' in 185 D.' Ho was Lynwh'itt Hebrew scholar, in 18G0,. , graduated■ M.A/.1862, won the Seatonian prize for ail English poem. in ISfti, and again 18C6, and the Maitland prize for an essay tntitled "Obstacles to Missionary Success" in ■ 1887. :He proceeded ■ B.D. in 1871.and D.D. in 1889. ■".':'.■:■ ■'. ; ~: . . ■ Dr. Smith 'was 'or'dAinfcd 'deatfoii in 1859, antt deacon '.in 1860. Be served; as, curate of, St. Paul's, Cambridge, .from: 1859 to 1861, us ohaplain to the Bishop of Madras ! from, 1861 to 1865, curate of Holy .Trinity, Cambridge, 1866, vicar of Trumpington from 1867 to, 1869, principal of St.' -Aidan's Collogo, flud examiningtehaplain to the Bishop of A'orwicli from 186:,' to 1890, and 'honorary. Canon of Chester, from SISBO ,to■■lß9o. .Ho. was'elected'to the. See of jSydrioy.' in . ISS9. Difficttlties lioVrever aros« [owing to the fact that though 'ho feceivej fower votes than any other candidate who. ; de--fclined the appointment, he was declared 'duly blcotod. ' Several of tho. Australian. bishops Iprotested that the-election''was invhlid, ailu the Archbishop of Canterbury refused to issue iho necessary authority for the consecration.Iho situatton was settled .by a ■ .voluntary Withdrawal by Dr. Smith, who was thereupon (sleeted in a manner to which no'qbiectioh was taken., i He , was. accordingly- ednsce'rafed ! oh June, 24,, 1893. m St. Paul's Cathedral. His StmsaiCtibn covered the :cehtrhl part of South Wales; an area Of 8000 square milesHe was.'also Primate bf Australia =ahd Tasmania. .Dr. Smith Svas-entitled Arohbishop in 1897. He was the -author, of. "Christian iTTaith," ,'jive sermons preached, Upon the Uniyersity of Cambridge, 3869 j "Lessons on the. Book of Genesis,", and '.'other.-, -publications.': Hβ wrote the. articles in the 'Enovclopaedia Britanniea, 1876, on-.'the Epistles to the Cofin-' ithians. and Colossians. ' .'•■. ! . . , ■