Biography

Goldwin Smith (August 13, 1823–June 7, 1910) was a British historian and journalist. He held the Regius Professorship of Modern History at Oxford. He was a strong supporter of the North during the Civil War and moved to the United States in 1868, teaching English and constitutional history at Cornell University. He was mentioned in a July 3, 1870 letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, where Frederick speculates that he may appear as a character in Benjamin Disraeli's book "Lothair".