Deposit Z590 - F B Smith collection

Francis Barrymore (Barry) Smith completed a BA and a MA at the University of Melbourne and in 1959 was awarded a British Council scholarship to complete a PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge University. On his return to Australia in 1962 he took up a lectureship in history at the University of Melbourne. He joined the Department of History, Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University as Senior Fellow in August 1966 and was promoted to Professorial Fellow in 1975. He became Professor of History in 1992. After retiring in 1997, he continued as an Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow until 2013. Smith wrote extensively on Australian and British social and medical history. He supervised and mentored many students and was a key figure in the network of historians.