{{Short description|British clergyman and author}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox academic | name = Isaac Gregory Smith | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Isaac Gregory Smith | birth_date = November 21, 1826 | birth_place = Manchester, England | death_date = January 18, 1920 | death_place = Woking, Surrey, England | spouse = | children = | occupation = author, clergyman | known_for = authoring several books | awards = <!--notable national-level awards only--> | alma_mater = Trinity College, Oxford | thesis_title = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = | discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/s/m/i/t/h/i/smith_ig.htm}} }} '''Isaac Gregory Smith''' (November 21, 1826 – January 18, 1920) was a British clergyman, Anglican rector and author of several books on the history of Christianity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I. Gregory Smith {{!}} Hymnary.org |url=https://hymnary.org/person/Smith_IG2 |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=hymnary.org |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == He was born on November 21, 1826 in Manchester, England.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Isaac Gregory Smith |url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/s/m/i/t/h/i/smith_ig.htm |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=www.hymntime.com}}</ref>
He died on January 18, 1920, Woking, Surrey, England.<ref name=":0" />
== Education == He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == After taking his Holy Orders, he was assigned to the rectory of Tedstone Delamere, Hertfordshire in 1854, and the vicarage of Great Malvern Priory in 1872.<ref name=":0" />
He delivered the Bampton Lectures in 1873, his subject being ''The Characteristics of Christian Morality''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=I. Gregory (Isaac Gregory) |url=http://archive.org/details/characteristicso00smit |title=Characteristics of Christian morality : considered in eight lectures preached before the University of Oxford in the year 1873 .. |date=1873 |publisher=Oxford : James Parker |others= |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> <ref name=":0" />
== Bibliography == He contributed several articles to the Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isaac Gregory Smith - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Isaac_Gregory_Smith |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref>
He is the author of a number of notable books:<ref>{{Cite web |title=inauthor:"Isaac Gregory Smith" - Google Search |url=https://www.google.co.in/search?q=inauthor:%22Isaac+Gregory+Smith%22&sca_esv=d3b625d2bcd07c3a&udm=36&gbv=1&sei=fG3yaYrrLO7dptQPpuq2-Qc |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=www.google.co.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Isaac Gregory Smith Books {{!}} List of books by author Isaac Gregory Smith |url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/isaac-gregory-smith/2557248/ |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=ThriftBooks |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Aristotelianism: The Ethics of Aristotle'' (1889) (via Internet Archive) * ''The Silver Bells: An Allegory'' (1873) (via Internet Archive) * ''Christian Monasticism From the Fourth to the Ninth Centuries of the Christian Era'' (1892) (via Internet Archive) * ''Aristotelianism the Metaphysics, the Psychology, the Politics '' * ''The Conscience Clause, can it be Justified?'' (1866) (via the Internet Archive) * ''Practical Psychology'' (1911) (via Internet Archive) * ''The life of our blessed Saviour : an epitome of the Gospel narrative arranged in order of time from the latest harmonies'' (1867) (via Internet Archive * ''Boniface'' (1896) (via Internet Archive)
== See also == * Bampton Lectures * Trinity College, Oxford
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== External links == * [http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/s/m/i/t/h/i/smith_ig.htm Isaac Gregory Smith on hymntime.com] * [https://hymnary.org/person/Smith_IG2 Isaac Gregory Smith on hymnary.org] * Isaac_Gregory_Smith on Wikisource * Isaac Gregory Smith on imslp
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