by George J. Dance
Albert Ernest Stafford Smythe (December 27, 1861 - October 2, 1947) was a Canadian poet and journalist.[1]
Albert E.S. Smythe (1861-1947) in Canadian Singers and their Songs, 1919. Courtesy Internet Archive.
| Albert E.S. Smythe | |
|---|---|
 Smythe in Canadian Poets (1916) | |
| Born |
December 27, 1861 Gracehill, Antrim, Ireland |
| Died |
October 2, 1947 (aged 85) Hamilton, Ontario |
| Nationality |
 Canadian |
| Citizenship | British subject |
| Notable work(s) | The Garden of the Sun (1923) |
Life[]
Albert E.S. Smythe (1861-1947), from Poems Grave and Gay, 1891. Courtesy Internet Archive.
Smythe was born in Gracehill, co. Antrim, Ireland, the son of Leonora (Cary) and Stafford Smythe.[2][3].
On a trip to the United States in 1879, he was shipwrecked and stranded penniless in New York City. He supported himself initially by odd jobs, and then as a journalist and a representative of a cement company.[4]
He later worked as a journalist in Belfast, in Chicago, and in Toronto for the Globe, the World, and The Lamp.[1]
In 1890 he married Mary Adelaide Constantine, whom he had met on a translatlantic voyage; the couple had a son, Conn Smythe (founder and owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team).[4] His wife died in 1906, and he remarried in 1912.[2]
He introduced theosophy into Canada, and was the 1st president of the Theosophical Society of Toronto.[1] In 1919 he became General Secretary of the Canadian Section in the Theosophical Society, Adyar (now the Theosophical Society in Canada). He was editor of The Lamp from 1894 to 1900, of The Canadian Theosophist, and from 1928 to 1935 of the Hamilton Herald.[5]
He died in Hamilton, Ontario.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Poems Grave and Gay. Toronto: Imrie & Graham, 1891.
- The Garden of the Sun. Toronto: Macmillan, 1923.
Fiction[]
- The Story of Armand Villiers: Being the crusts and crumbs for Christmas, 1916. Toronto: 1916.
- Mrs. Lothbury's Gospel. Toronto: 1920.
Non-fiction[]
- After Forty-Eight Years: Some reflections on theosophy in Canada, 1922-1923. Toronto: 1923.
- The Balance of Life: A biographical sketch of the life and work of the poet and literary critic Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell. London: Curlew Press, 1955.
Translated[]
- The Bhagavad Gita: A discourse between Krishna and Arjuna on divine matters; a conflation from all available English translations. Toronto: Blavatsky Institute, 1937.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
See also[]
References[]
Fonds[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Smythe, Albert Ernest Stafford, 1861-1947 fonds, McMaster University, McMaster.ca. Web, Feb. 17, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Garvin, Albert E.S. Smythe, Canadian Poets (Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1916), 348, Digital Library, University of Pennsylvania, UPenn.edu, Web, Feb. 18, 2012.
- ↑ The Smythe fonds at McMaster University gives his birthplace as "County Donegal."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Albert Smythe, Deutsche Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web, June 9, 2013.
- ↑ Albert E.S. Smythe, Theosophical Wiki. Web, June 8, 2013.
- ↑ Search results = Albert E.S. Smythe, WorldCat. Web, June 9, 2013.
External links[]
- Poems
- "In June"
- Albert E.S. Smythe in Canadian Poets: 5 poems
- Prose
- Books
- Albert E.S. Smythe at Amazon.com
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