Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith
Born	(1823-08-13)13 August 1823 Reading, Berkshire
Died	7 June 1910(1910-06-07) (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario
Resting place	St. James Cemetery
Nationality	British
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford
Occupation(s)	Academic, historian
Title	Regius Professor of Modern History
Term	1858–1866
Predecessor	Henry Halford Vaughan
Successor	William Stubbs
Parent(s)	Richard Pritchard Smith, Elizabeth Breton
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Goldwin Smith (13 August 1823 – 7 June 1910) was a British-born academic and historian who was active in both Great Britain and North America.^[1] From 1856 to 1866, he was a professor of modern history at the University of Oxford. Smith taught at Cornell University from 1868 to 1872, and was instrumental in establishing the university's international reputation, but left when it began admitting female students. He is the namesake of Goldwin Smith Hall at Cornell University, and was outspoken regarding his often controversial political views. Smith was a supporter of the Union during the American Civil War and a critic of imperialism. He was also opposed to the Irish Home Rule movement and women's suffrage, along with holding Anglo-Saxonist and antisemitic views.^[2]