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Smith (WILLIAM AUSTIN American)

WILLIAM AUSTIN, American clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was educated at 1898 and priest in 1899. After serving as curate and rector of churches in Provi- 1898 and priest in 1899. After serving as curate and rector of churches in Providence, R. I.; Milwaukee, Wis., and Springfield, Mass.,, he became editor of the "Churchman" in 1916. playwright, born at Hartford, Conn., in 1871. He was educated in the public schools of Hartford, and from 1892 to WINCHELL SMITH 1904 was on the stage. Together with plays by George Bernard Shaw. He began the writing of plays in 1906. Among gan the writing of plays in 1906. Among SMITH COLLEGE tion of "Brewster's Millions"; "The Fortune Hunter"; "The Boomerang" (with Victor Mapes); "Lightnin'" (with Frank Bacon); etc.