William Wye Smith (1826-1917), from Poems, 1908. Courtesy Internet Archive.
Rev. William Wye Smith (1826-1917) was a Scottish-born Canadian poet, editor, and minister.[1]
Life[]
Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]
He was ordained as a Congregationalist minister.[1]
He was a recognized expert on the Scots language, who served as the authority for the Scottish Appendix of the Standard Dictionary, and who translated the New Testament into Scots.
At various times he was editor of the Owen Sound Times, Canadian Independent, Sunday School Times, and Congregational Year Book. He also published several small volumes of poetry.[1]
He died in Burford, Ontario.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Alazon, and other poems. Toronto: Hugh Scobie, 1850.
- Poems of William Wye Smith. Toronto: Dudley & Burns, 1888.
- Selected Poems. Toronto: William Briggs, 1908.
Non-fiction[]
- Gazetteer and directory of the county of Grey for 1865-6. Toronto: printed at the Globe Steam Press, 1865.
- The Print of His Shoe; or, Following Christ. Boston: Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, 1887.
- Vetulia, or Going to the bottom of things. Toronto: Dudley & Burns, 1891.
- William Wye Smith: Recollections of a nineteenth century Scottish Canadian (edited by Scott A. McLean & Michael E. Vance).Toronto: Natural Heritage, 2008.
Translated[]
- The Gospel of Matthew in Broad Scotch. Toronto: Imrie, Graham, 1898.
- The New Testament in Braid Scots. Paisley, UK: Alexander Gardner, 1901.
- The Four Gospels in Braid Scots. Paisley, UK: Alexander Gardner, [1980?].
Anthologized[]
- "The Canadians on the Nile," "Here's to the Land," "The Second Concession of Deer", in Songs of the Great Dominion (edited by William Douw Lighthall). London: Walter Scott, 1889.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtecy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Death, Rev. William Wye Smith, 1917", Burford Times, Jan. 17, 1917, Ancestry.com, Web, June 10, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au: William Wye Smith, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 17, 2013.
External links[]
- Books
- William Wye Smith at Amazon.com
- About
- Death, Rev. William Wye Smith, 1917 in the Burford Times.
- "Reading William Wye Smith: An introduction to background influences and stereotypes" by Michael Vance.
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