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Reverend Canon George Abbott-Smith

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Reverend Canon George Abbott-Smith

Birth
Bristol, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
2 Apr 1947 (aged 82)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Outremont, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
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George Abbott-Smith was the son of of George Smith and his wife Dorinda Deborah Evans. His sister was Marcella Georgina Smith.

George Abbott-Smith was the one time principal of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College, and professor of Hellenistic Greek at McGill University, around the time his book entitled "A Manual of Greek Lexicon of the New Testament" was published in 1922.

He was the second president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS) from 1934 - 1935.

In 1939 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. by McGill University.

George Abbott-Smith married Grace Wilmot Bancroft on June 24, 1891.

George and Grace had at least 4 sons:

1. Reginald Bancroft Abbott-Smith, born May 2nd, 1894; married November 1st, 1937, Gladys Hutson, daughter of Rev. Edward Palmer Hutson and his wife Lilian Theresa Glen of Charleston, S.C., who was born April 6th, 1896.

2. George Wakely Abbott-Smith, born April 30th, 1898, died May 7th, 1930; married June 24th, 1925, in the chapel of Ashbury College, Ottawa, Julia Phyllis Woollcombe, daughter of Rev. George Penrose and his wife Julia Edith Dirom Acres Woollcombe of Ottawa, who was born April 1st, 1898.

3. Charles Bancroft Abbott-Smith, born July 1st, 1900; died September 1st, 1900.

4. Henry Bancroft Abbott-Smith, born January 11th, 1902; married June 2nd, 1928, in the Chapel of the Diocesan Theological College, Montreal, Alice Nevada Wisdom, daughter of Stuart Albert Wisdom and his wife Mary Stuart Cotton of Shawinigan Falls, Que., who was born July 20th, 1907.
Their children:
a. Mary Nevada Abbott-Smith, born December 25th, 1930.
b. Harriet Bancroft Abbott-Smith, born October 24th, 1933.
c. Charles Wisdom Abbott-Smith, born March 10th, 1938.
George Abbott-Smith was the son of of George Smith and his wife Dorinda Deborah Evans. His sister was Marcella Georgina Smith.

George Abbott-Smith was the one time principal of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College, and professor of Hellenistic Greek at McGill University, around the time his book entitled "A Manual of Greek Lexicon of the New Testament" was published in 1922.

He was the second president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS) from 1934 - 1935.

In 1939 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. by McGill University.

George Abbott-Smith married Grace Wilmot Bancroft on June 24, 1891.

George and Grace had at least 4 sons:

1. Reginald Bancroft Abbott-Smith, born May 2nd, 1894; married November 1st, 1937, Gladys Hutson, daughter of Rev. Edward Palmer Hutson and his wife Lilian Theresa Glen of Charleston, S.C., who was born April 6th, 1896.

2. George Wakely Abbott-Smith, born April 30th, 1898, died May 7th, 1930; married June 24th, 1925, in the chapel of Ashbury College, Ottawa, Julia Phyllis Woollcombe, daughter of Rev. George Penrose and his wife Julia Edith Dirom Acres Woollcombe of Ottawa, who was born April 1st, 1898.

3. Charles Bancroft Abbott-Smith, born July 1st, 1900; died September 1st, 1900.

4. Henry Bancroft Abbott-Smith, born January 11th, 1902; married June 2nd, 1928, in the Chapel of the Diocesan Theological College, Montreal, Alice Nevada Wisdom, daughter of Stuart Albert Wisdom and his wife Mary Stuart Cotton of Shawinigan Falls, Que., who was born July 20th, 1907.
Their children:
a. Mary Nevada Abbott-Smith, born December 25th, 1930.
b. Harriet Bancroft Abbott-Smith, born October 24th, 1933.
c. Charles Wisdom Abbott-Smith, born March 10th, 1938.


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