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Austin Rogers Smith

1859–1923

Teacher. Son of John Smith, baker, and Elizabeth, of 37 Old Market Street, Bristol. Studied at Cambridge (Corpus Christi College), 1879–80. BA, London University, 1889. Mathematics tutor in Hove, Sussex, 1891. Army tutor and partner in a school in Dover, Kent, 1901. Bursar and assistant master at Dover College, army tutor, and x-ray operator at Dover Hospital, 1911.

Sources

Alum. Cantab.

BMD (Birth index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/2524/8/10), 1881 (RG11/2085/98/31), 1891 (RG12/816/17/27), 1901 (RG13/839/7/4), 1911 (RG14/4595/322)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 15 September 2016)

Historical record of the University of London

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

Historical record of the University of London: The historical record (1836–1912): being a supplement to the Calendar. 2 vols. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1912–26.

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