Buxton Smith (priest) explained

Buxton Birbick Smith was Dean of Ontario from 1891 to 1906.^[1]

Smith was educated at Bishop's University, Lennoxville. Ordained a deacon in 1869 and a priest in 1871 he was a missionary at Onslow, Nova Scotia until 1878. He then served at Marysburg, Shannonville, Ottawa and Sherbrooke before his appointment as Dean.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cathedral website . 2018-08-04 . 2018-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180702093314/http://www.stgeorgescathedral.ca/index.cfm/history-architecture/rectors-deans/ . dead .
2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]