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Worthington Smith

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Worthington Smith

Birth
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
13 Feb 1856 (aged 60)
Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
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Educator and religious leader. He received a B.A. from Williams College in 1816 and studied theology at Andover Seminary, receiving his ordination as a Congregational minister in 1819. In 1823 he became pastor of the Congregational church in St. Albans, where he remained for the next twenty-seven years. He served as a school principal and head of the Franklin County Grammar School board of trustees, and was also president of the county school board and President of the Vermont Teachers' Association. In 1845, the University of Vermont awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. After having been affiliated with UVM for several years, in 1856 he became its seventh President while also serving as professor of economics, law, government and religion. Smith was still President of UVM at the time of his death. His relatives John and Worthington Curtis Smith served in Congress, and another relative, J. Gregory Smith, served as Vermont's Governor. Another relative, Edward Curtis Smith, also served as Governor. Many of Worthington Smith's sermons were republished in pamphlet form, and a book containing his memoir and a collection of his sermons is still in print today.
Educator and religious leader. He received a B.A. from Williams College in 1816 and studied theology at Andover Seminary, receiving his ordination as a Congregational minister in 1819. In 1823 he became pastor of the Congregational church in St. Albans, where he remained for the next twenty-seven years. He served as a school principal and head of the Franklin County Grammar School board of trustees, and was also president of the county school board and President of the Vermont Teachers' Association. In 1845, the University of Vermont awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. After having been affiliated with UVM for several years, in 1856 he became its seventh President while also serving as professor of economics, law, government and religion. Smith was still President of UVM at the time of his death. His relatives John and Worthington Curtis Smith served in Congress, and another relative, J. Gregory Smith, served as Vermont's Governor. Another relative, Edward Curtis Smith, also served as Governor. Many of Worthington Smith's sermons were republished in pamphlet form, and a book containing his memoir and a collection of his sermons is still in print today.

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