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Thomas Elder Barr Smith (8 December 1863 – 26 November 1941)〔 〕 was a South Australian pastoralist and philanthropist, Smith was born in Woodville, South Australia, the son of Robert Barr Smith,〔 〕 and his wife Joanna Lang, ''née'' Elder.〔 In 1917 Smith's estate was subdivided to form the Adelaide suburb of Torrens Park. In 1928 he gave £30,000 to the University of Adelaide to enable the building of the Barr Smith Library.〔.〕 His interests included competing in car rallies, and a steam locomotive was named after him in 1926.〔(No.504 "TOM BARR-SMITH" ), National Railway Museum - 500B-class 4-8-4 steam locomotive - retrieved 1 Feb 2009.〕 There is a plaque in his honour on the Jubilee 150 Walkway. ==Family== *Father: Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915)〔van Dissel, Dirk (1976). ('Smith, Robert Barr (1824-1915)' ). Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, Melbourne University Press, pp 153-154. Retrieved on 9 July 2009.〕 *Mother: Joanna Elder - sister of Sir Thomas Elder *Uncles: Sir Thomas Elder (1818–1897),〔Gosse, Fayette (1972) ('Elder, Sir Thomas (1818-1897)' ), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, pp 133-134. Retrieved on 9 July 2009.〕 William Elder (1813–1882), Alexander Lang Elder (1815–1885) and George Elder (1816–1897) *Daughter: Joanna Lang Barr Smith, Lady Gosse (1886–1965) married Sir James Hay Gosse (1876–1952)〔Gosse, Fayette (1996) ('Gosse, Sir James Hay (1876–1952)' ), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, (MUP). Retrieved on 4 September 2011.〕 on 29 April 1908, at St.Andrew's, Walkerville, South Australia. *Son: Sir Tom Elder Barr Smith (1904–1968)〔Shanahan, Martin. (2002).('Smith, Sir Tom Elder Barr (1904-1968)' ), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, Melbourne University Press, pp 274-275. Retrieved on 11 July 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Elder Barr Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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