Smith, George Adam (1856–1942)

Indian-born Scottish biblical scholar and minister. He became professor of Old Testament languages, literature, and theology at the United Free Church College in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1892. He was principal of Aberdeen University from 1909–35. Smith was moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly (1916–17) and chaplain to the king (1933–42).

Smith was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. He was educated at Edinburgh, Tubingen, and Leipzig universities. He travelled extensively in Egypt, Syria, and Palestine. His writings include Historical Geography of the Holy Land (1894), The Twelve Prophets (1896–97), Jerusalem (1907), The Early Poetry of Israel (1912), and Jeremiah (1923). He was knighted in 1916.