Gerald Birney Smith
Gerald Birney Smith (May 3, 1868 – April 2, 1929) was a Christian author, educator, and administrator at the Chicago School. He was born in Middlefield, Massachusetts and attended Brown university in 1891. He taught at Oberlin Academy, Worcester Academy, and was an active educator his entire life. While at the University of Chicago, when Shailer Mathews was absent Smith would take up duties of Dean of the department. He wrote about topics such as Nature worship and also edited the "American Journal of Theology" and the "Journal of Religion".