Died: Februrary 21, 1870, Frank­furt am Main, Ger­ma­ny; he was bur­ied in pau­per’s grave.

Son of Dr. Smyt­tan of the Bom­bay Me­di­cal Board, Smyt­tan was ed­u­cat­ed at Cor­pus Christi Coll­ege, Cam­bridge (BA 1845). He took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1848, and served as Rec­tor of Hawks­worth, Not­ting­ham­shire, Eng­land (1850-1859). His works in­clude:

• Thoughts in Verse for the Af­flict­ed, 1849
• Miss­ion Songs and Bal­lads, 1860
• Florum Sac­ra

Sources

Hymns

1. Forty Days and For­ty Nights
2. Jesu, Ever Present with Thy Church Below