ABSTRACT
During his life-time Goldwin Smith became known as the leading literary exponent of the Manchester School, and in this capacity exerted a strong influence not only on the imperial views of J E Cairnes and J E T Rogers, but also on many writers after 1863, the year Smith's article series in the Daily News were published as a book - Empire.(!) Although most of his life was spent as a journalist, Smith began his working life as an academic and lawyer. After five brilliant years at Eton, he matriculated at Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1841, but transferred to Magdalen the following year when he won a demyship to the college. In 1845 he obtained a first in Literae Humaniores and graduated the winner of several of the available academic laurels, including the Hertford Scholarship in La tin verse and an English Essay.(2) Subsequently he became a Fellow in Civil Law at University College, and was also called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.
