   goldwin smith, d.c.l., ll.d. (13 august 1823 â 7 june 1910) was a british historian and journalist, active in the united kingdom and canada.underhill, frank hawkins (1960). "goldwin smith." in: in search of canadian liberalism. toronto: macmillan & co., pp. 85â103. ==early years== smith was born at reading, berkshire. he was educated at eton college and magdalen college, oxford, and after a brilliant undergraduate career he was elected to a fellowship at university college, oxford.grant, w.l. (1910). "goldwin smith at oxford," the canadian magazine, vol. xxxv, pp. 304â314. he threw his energy into the cause of university reform with another fellow of university college, arthur penrhyn stanley. on the royal commission of 1850 to inquire into the reform of the university, of which stanley was secretary, smith served as assistant-secretary; and he was then secretary to the commissioners appointed by the act of 1854. his position as an authority on educational reform was further recognised by a seat on the popular education commission of 1858.waldron, gordon (1912). "goldwin smith," university monthly 12, p. 214. in 1868, when the question of reform at oxford was again growing acute, he published a pamphlet, entitled the reorganization of the university of oxford. in 1865, he led the university of oxford opposition to a proposal to develop cripley meadow north of oxford railway station for use as a major site of great western railway (gwr) workshops.{{cite book|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3bdawhbxgi4c&pg=pa459 | page=459 | title=the history of the university of oxford | volume=volume vi: nineteenth-century oxford | editor1-first=m. g. |editor1-last=brock | editor2-first=m.c. | editor2-last=curthoys | publisher=[[oxford 
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