Author: Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith (1823–1910) was a prominent 19th-century educator, historian and author. He was educated at Oxford University, where he became regius professor of modern history in 1858. Moving to the United States in 1868, he joined the faculty of Cornell University as a professor of English literature and Constitutional History. He moved to Toronto in 1871, where he continued to write prolifically until his death.

A “classic liberal,” Smith was ardently pro-democratic, anti-imperialist, anti-militaristic and anti-Slavery.