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John Boys Smith

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John Sandwith Boys Smith (8 January 1901 – 3 November 1991) was a 20th-century British priest and academic.[1]

Boys Smith was born in Hordle, Hampshire, in 1901. He was educated at Sherborne School[2] and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1927.[3] After a curacy in Sutton Coldfield he returned to St John's where he was to stay until his retirement in 1969. He was its Chaplain from 1927 to 1934; a Fellow from 1927 until 1959; Tutor from 1934 to 1939; Junior Bursar from 1939 to 1944; Senior Bursar from 1944 to 1959; and Master from 1959[4] to 1969. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1965.[5] In 1968, he was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin.[6] He died in Herne Hill in 1991.

His aunt was Winifred Boys-Smith, a university professor at Otago University. His brother was Humphry Boys-Smith DSO DSC RNR "one of the most successful Merchant Navy officers serving with the RNR during the second world war."[7] His grandson is Nicholas Boys Smith, founder of Create Streets.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ NPG
  2. ^ "Smith, John Sandwith Boys". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (July2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 25 July 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 p1157: London: University Press, 1929
  4. ^ Master Of St. John's College, Cambridge. The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 02, 1959; pg. 12; Issue 54607
  5. ^ University web-site
  6. ^ Webb, D.A. (1992). J.R., Barlett (ed.). Trinity College Dublin Record Volume 1991. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin Press. ISBN 1-871408-07-5.
  7. ^ Twiston Davies, David (2007). The Daily Telegraph Book of Naval Obituaries. London: Bounty Books. p. 288. ISBN 978-0753715307.
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of St John's College, Cambridge
1959–1969
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
1963–1965
Succeeded by