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Walter Chalmers Smith
British author and clergyman
Walter Chalmers Smith (5 December 1824 – 19 September 1908), was a hymnist, author, poet and minister of the Free Church of Scotland, chiefly remembered for his hymn "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise".
In 1893 he served as Moderator of the General Assembly for the Free Church of Scotland.[1] He attained considerable reputation as a poet. Some of these works were written under the names of Orwell or Hermann Kunst.
Early life and education
He was born in Aberdeen on 5 December 1824, the son of Walter Smith, a cabinet-maker living at 16 Blackfriars Street, by his wife Barbara Milne[2] He was educated at the grammar school, Aberdeen, and at Marischal College, which he entered at the age of thirteen, graduating M.A.
in 1841. His original intention was to adopt law as his profession, but under the influence of Dr. Chalmers he entered the New College, Edinburgh, to study for the ministry of the Free Chu