Background
Smith, G. Furness was born on October 13, 1849 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Son of late John Smith and Sarah Furness.
Smith, G. Furness was born on October 13, 1849 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Son of late John Smith and Sarah Furness.
Studied at private school. Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Ordained to the Curacy of Saint Silas’, Hunslet, Leeds, 1874. Curate of Saint George’s, Worthing, 1876. Incumbent of Saint John's Proprietary Chapel, Chichester, 1878.
Association Secretary of the C. Master of Surgery for Midland Counties, 1881.
Secretary of the Society at Salisbury Square, 1893. Editorial Secretary of the Church Missionary Society since 1902.