Charles Rattray Smith [SEP] place of birth
Parish of Rendall, Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland where his father, Alexander Smith, was the Congregational Minister; his mother was Clementina née Cobban.
Education.
He attended Aberdeen University and was graduated M.A. in 1880.
Schoolmaster.
Smith returned to Orkney as a schoolmaster: the 1881 Census finds him living in the Stronsay Schoolhouse with one of his elder sisters, Frances, as his housekeeper.
Emigration to and early career in New South Wales.
In 1883, he emigrated to New South Wales
Charles Rattray Smith
Charles Rattray Smith (1859–1941) taught in Britain before emigrating to New South Wales, where he taught classics and languages at various public schools. He was the inaugural headmaster of Newcastle High School from 1906. In 1915, he became headmaster at North Sydney; in 1919, he transferred to Sydney High School, where he was headmaster until taking long service leave in 1924 before his retirement in 1926.
Early years.
Charles Rattray Smith was born on 29 December 1859 in the Congregational Manse for the