SMITH, GEORGE [SSNE 601]

Surname

SMITH

First name

GEORGE, GERGEN, JORGEN

Title/rank

BURGESS, GOLDSMITH

Nationality

SCOT

Region

ST ANDREWS, FIFE

Social status

BURGESS

Text source

George Smith was listed as a Scotsman from St. Andrews, who was a goldsmith and became a burgess of Danzig in 1581. He had been in the city for about a year at that time. He died in the city in 1632.

T. Fischer, The Scots in Eastern and Western Prussia (Edinburgh, 1903), p.194; Allgemeines Kunsterlexicon Internationale Kunstlerdatenbank.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, DANZIG

Arrived 1581-01-11

Departed 1632-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, ARTIST, GOLDSMITH, purpose CIVIC, COMMERCE, TRADE