Frederick Ernest Gilliat-Smith (July 8, 1858 – February 22, 1935) was an English Catholic poet and author of historical non-fiction.
Life Gilliat-Smith was born in Woodmansterne, Surrey, on 8 July 1858. He converted to Catholicism in 1879 and pursued a literary career. He married Elinor Cockerell, with whom he had three children, Bernard, GuyBurnand, Francis Cowley. The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook, Volume 17, 1924, p. 185 and Monica. After living some years in Bruges, Belgium, he moved to Rome in 1913. He died at home in Newbury, Berkshire, on 22 February 1935.Obituary in The Tablet, 2 March 1935, p. 19.
Publications Gilliat-Smith was a contributor to the Dublin Review, The Tablet, the American Ecclesiastical Review, the Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Catholic World, and the Catholic Encyclopedia. His independent publications include:
Songs from Prudentius (London, John Lane, 1898)Songs from Prudentius at Internet Archive Fantasies from Dreamland, illustrated by Flori van Acker (London, 1899)Fantasies from Dreamland on Google Books Story of Bruges, illustrated by Edith Calvert and Herbert Railton (London, J.M. Dent, 1901).Story of Bruges at Internet Archive Story of Brussels, illustrated by Katharine Kimball and Guy Gilliat-Smith (London, J.M. Dent, 1906). Story of Brussels at Internet Archive. St. Clare of Assisi (London, J.M. Dent, 1914).St. Clare of Assisi at Internet Archive Some Notes, Historical and Otherwise, concerning the Sacred Constantinian Order (London, J.M. Dent, 1922).Some Notes at Internet Archive. Saint Anthony of Padua according to his contemporaries (London & Toronto, J.M. Dent; New York, E.P. Dutton, 1926).Saint Anthony of Padua at Internet Archive.
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