Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric.
Life
Born in Woodford, Essex, England, Smith was the son of merchant Robert Smith (1739–1827) and Maria Olier (1750–1801), who suffered from epilepsy. His father, described as "a man of restless ingenuity and activity", "very clever, odd by nature, but still more odd by design", owned, at various times, 19 different estates in England.
Smith himself attributed much of his own lively personality to his French blood, his maternal grandfather having been a French Protestant refugee (a Huguenot) named Olier. He was the second of four brothers and one sister, all remarkable for their talents. Two of the brothers, Robert Percy (known as "Bobus") and Cecil, were sent to Eton, but he was sent with the youngest to Winchester College, where he rose to be captain of the school. He and his brother so distinguished themselves that their school-fellows signed a round-robin "refusing to try for the college prizes if the Smiths were allowed to contend for them any more".
Sydney John Smith, PC (September 23, 1892 - July 15, 1976), was a Canadian politician, farmer, rancher and businessman who served as Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 1966 to 1968.
He then moved to Kamloops, British Columbia where he raised cattle and grew hops as well as involving himself in selling automobile sales and heavy equipment. He organized several businesses, Sydney Smith Ltd., Sydney Smith U Drive Ltd., Sydmar Estates Ltd., and the Highway Equipment Co. Ltd., among others, and held a number of directorships in other firms.
Sydney Smith (also known under the pseudonymsPaul Beaumont and Victor Delacour, July 14, 1839– March 3, 1889), was a leading English pianist and composer in Victorian England. Sydney Smith grew up in a family of musicians. His father was the head of a music school and often gave concerts with his two sons Sydney and Boyton.
Smith was born in Dorchester, Dorset. He studied piano in Leipzig with Moscheles and Plaidy, cello with Grützmacher, and composition with Rietz. He returned to England in 1858, settling the following year in London, where he remained until his death, highly regarded as a teacher and composer. He composed or transcribed about 400 works for the piano. These were extremely popular in salons in England in the 19th century, particularly the early works. Many pieces were issued both as solo pieces and as piano duets.
His earliest compositions are piano accompaniments to three concertina pieces by Richard Blagrove. Apart from these, he composed only for solo piano until the last few years of his life, when he wrote a small handful of songs.
Sydney Howard Smith (3 February 1872 – 27 March 1947) was a British tennis and badminton player.
Sydney Smith was the first All England Badminton Men's Singles champion in 1900 (the same year he competed in the Gentlemen's Singles final at Wimbledon, losing to Reginald Doherty). Smith and partner Frank Riseley won the Gentlemen's Doubles title at Wimbledon in 1902 and 1906. He was a member of the British Davis Cup team in 1905 and 1906. Tennis analyst Karoly Mazak ranked Smith as the World No. 2 player in 1899.
Sydney Smith is a Canadian illustrator of children's books. He was awarded the 2015 Governor General’s Award For Illustrated Children’s Books for Sidewalk Flowers, a wordless picture book which he illustrated with author JonArno Lawson.
Education
Smith studied drawing and printmaking at NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was while studying there that he realized his interest for illustrating children's books.
Career
Smith has worked for two different publishing houses in his career as an illustrator: Nimbus Publishing and Groundwood Books. In addition to his work as an illustrator for children's books, Smith has also done graphic design work for Canadian musical acts Hey Rosetta! and Old Man Luedecke.
The Sydney area has been inhabited by indigenous Australians since the Upper Paleolithic period. The first British settlers arrived in 1788 to found Sydney as a penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia. Since convict transportation ended in the mid-19th century, the city has transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural and economic centre.
The population of Sydney at the time of the 2011 census was 4.39 million, 1.5 million of which were born overseas, representing many different nationalities and making Sydney one of the most multicultural cities in the world. There are more than 250 different languages spoken in Sydney and about one-third of residents speak a language other than English at home.
"Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence."
"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."
"Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes in between them."
"In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style."
"What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?"
"Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing"
"A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience."
"The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities."
"Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient"
"Avoid shame, but do not seek glory, nothing is so expensive as glory"
"Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation."
"Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect."
Mr Smith was an experienced sailor who had competed in the Sydney to Hobart four times ...Nick Smith, 65, (pictured) is one of the two sailors who passed away in the Sydney to Hobart. Mr Smith is pictured alongside other crew members of Bowline ... Sydney.
Roy Quaden was hit on the head by a boom, while NickSmith was struck by the main sheet and thrown across the boat amid rough seas. AFP, SYDNEY ...Sailors operate the Bowline during the SydneyHobart Yacht Race on Thursday.
Two experienced sailors were tragically killed in separate incidents in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organisers said, the first fatalities since 1998...Smith was 65 and a member of the Bowline, competing in his fifth Sydney to Hobart race.
The race, which sees yachts set out from SydneyHarbour to make the 630 nautical mile journey south to Tasmania, is a beloved fixture in Australia’s summer calendar ...Smith was an experienced crew member and was competing in his fifth Sydney to Hobart.
Two sailors died in separate accidents on the first night of the 2024 RolexSydneyHobart Yacht Race in Australia, the event organizers announced ... The annual 630 nautical-mile Sydney to Hobart race started in 1945.
NickSmith, 65, was tragically killed while racing on RoyalSouth Australian Yacht Squadron's boat, Bowline, around 2am on Friday when competing in the Sydney to Hobart... *Nick Smith (2024, Bowline) - Struck on the head by boom.
With the series level at 1-1, both teams will be playing the highly-anticipated Boxing Day Test from December 26 onwards, with an aim to secure an all-important lead and an edge ahead of the final Test at SydneyCricket Ground (SCG).
Pleasant seniors Syd Smith, right, Kenzley Davis, second from right, and Madi Pendleton talk about their win over Tinora Friday night In Vandalia. MARION — Sydney Smith found her setting, so to speak ... Sydney Smith, senior, Pleasant volleyball.
'For players like Kohli, Smith, and Root, the decline isn't dramatic,' Chappell wrote in an opinion piece for The SydneyMorning Herald... 'For Smith, maintaining that razor-sharp focus over long innings has become increasingly challenging.
"For players like Kohli, Smith, and Root, the decline isn’t dramatic," Chappell wrote in an opinion piece for The SydneyMorning Herald... "Smith’s decline has been more mental than physical," Chappell suggests.
PHILADELPHIA — Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith and offensive guard Landon Dickerson should play against the Washington Commanders on Sunday ... Smith missed yesterday’s practice with a back injury, but it’s unclear when he got hurt.
'
weather_info += '
