Tom Elder Barr Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian philanthropist
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Place of Birth: Woodville, South Australia, Australia
About Tom Elder Barr Smith
- Thomas Elder Barr Smith (8 December 1863 – 26 November 1941) was a South Australian pastoralist and philanthropist. Smith was born in Woodville, South Australia, the son of Robert Barr Smith, and his wife Joanna Lang, née Elder.On 5 May 1886 he married Mary Isabel Mitchell, at St.
- Andrew's Church, Walkerville. In 1917 Smith's estate was subdivided to form the Adelaide suburb of Torrens Park. In 1928 he gave £30,000 to the University of Adelaide to enable the building of the Barr Smith Library.His interests included competing in car rallies.
- A steam locomotive was named after him in 1926.There is a plaque in his honour on the Jubilee 150 Walkway.
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