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- Professor Barry Smith MA Melb, PhD Camb, FAHA
- F B Smith
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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.
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academic; historian
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Entered from deposit description on 17 April 2012. Revised by Kathryn Dan 13 January 2026.
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Sally Wilde. Book Reviews: In celebration of F B Smith, MJA 2009; 191 (11/12): 631, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/191_11_071209/wilde_fm.html (accessed on 17 April 2012)
Graeme Davison, 'Smith, Francis Barrymore (Barry) (1932–2015)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/smith-francis-barrymore-barry-32979/text41097, accessed 13 January 2026.