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Robert Payne Smith
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Canterbury |
| In office | 1871 to 1895 |
| Predecessor | Henry Alford |
| Successor | Frederic Farrar |
| Other post(s) | Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford University (1865–1871) |
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| Ordination | 1843 (deacon) 1844 (priest) |
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| Born | (1818-11-07)7 November 1818
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England
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| Died | 31 March 1895(1895-03-31) (aged 76) Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Parents | Robert Smith and Esther Argles Payne |
| Spouse | Catherine Freeman |
| Children | Six |
| Profession | Clergyman and theologian |
Robert Payne Smith (7 November 1818 – 31 March 1895) was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church from 1865 until 1870, when he was appointed Dean of CanterburybyQueen Victoria on the advice of William Ewart Gladstone.[1]
Payne Smith was born in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, on 7 November 1818, the only son and second of four children of Robert Smith, a land agent, and his wife, Esther Argles Payne, of Leggsheath, Surrey. He attended Chipping Campden Grammar School and was taught Hebrew by his eldest sister, Esther. In 1837 he obtained an exhibition at Pembroke College, Oxford to study classics. In 1841 he graduated with second-class honours. Payne Smith won the Boden Sanskrit scholarship in 1840 and the Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew scholarship in 1843.
In 1843, he became a fellow of Pembroke College and was ordained a deacon, and became a priest a year later.
He gave to 1869 Bampton LecturesatOxford and from 1870 until 1885 he was a member of the Old Testament Revision Committee (the whole duration of the committee's existence).
He provided the chapter on GenesisinCharles Ellicott's Commentary for Modern Readers[2] and the chapter on ZechariahinThe Bible Educator;[3] and published the Thesaurus Syriacus (1868–1901, supplement added 1927), later abridged and translated into English by his daughter Jessie MargoliouthasA Compendious Syriac Dictionary (1903). He preached a series of sermons at Oxford beginning in 1858 which he later compiled into a commentary on Isaiah titled "The Authenticity and Messianic Interpretation of the Prophecies of Isaiah."[4]
He died at his deanery on 31 March 1895 and was buried on 3 April in St Martin's churchyard, Canterbury.
Robert and Catherine had six children:
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| Preceded by | Dean of Canterbury 1871–1895 |
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| Preceded by | Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford 1865—1871 |
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