Ernest Gilliat-Smith

Ernest Gilliat-Smith
Born	Frederick Ernest Gilliat-Smith (1858-07-08)8 July 1858 Woodmansterne,England
Died	22 February 1935(1935-02-22)(aged 76) Newbury,England
Occupation	Writer
Spouse	Elinor Cockerell
Children	3

Frederick Ernest Gilliat-Smith(1858–1935) was an English Catholic poet and author of historical non-fiction.

Life

Gilliat-Smith was born inWoodmansterne,Surrey, on 8 July 1858. He converted to Catholicism in 1879 and pursued a literary career. He married Elinor Cockerell, with whom he had three children, Bernard, Guyand Monica. After living some years inBruges,Belgium, he moved toRomein 1913. He died at home inNewbury, Berkshire,on 22 February 1935.

Publications

Gilliat-Smith was a contributor to theDublin Review,The Tablet,theAmerican Ecclesiastical Review,theIrish Ecclesiastical Record,Catholic World,and theCatholic Encyclopedia.His independent publications include:

• Songs from Prudentius(London,John Lane,1898)
• Fantasies from Dreamland(London, 1899)
• Story of Bruges,illustrated by Edith Calvert andHerbert Railton(London,J.M. Dent,1901).
• Story of Brussels,illustrated byKatharine Kimballand Guy Gilliat-Smith (London, J.M. Dent, 1906).
• St. Clare of Assisi(London, J.M. Dent, 1914).
• Some Notes, Historical and Otherwise, concerning the Sacred Constantinian Order(London, J.M. Dent, 1922).
• Saint Anthony of Padua according to his contemporaries(London & Toronto, J.M. Dent; New York,E.P. Dutton,1926).