Anthony Smith
Vicar at The Church of England
Darlington, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAnthony Smith is a vicar near Darlington with 14 years of professional experience bridging rigorous scientific, technical and pastoral vocations. Trained as a mathematician and astronomer (PhD, Sussex) and later in theology (Durham), he moved from research and large-scale software development—Java for ESA projects and full-stack Ruby on Rails consultancy—to ordained ministry, combining analytical problem-solving with community leadership. He has directed freelance software projects, contributed to ESA's Herschel processing ecosystem, and published academic work, revealing a capacity to translate complex data workflows into practical solutions. As a parish leader he brings disciplined project habits—test-driven development, CI practices and client liaison—from his tech career into parish administration and outreach. Married and rooted in Middleton St George/Hurworth, he pairs intellectual curiosity with pastoral care, able to navigate both codebases and congregations.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Mathematics, 2:2, BA, Mathematics, 2:2 at University of CambridgeBachelors and Masters Degree, Theology, Bachelors and Masters Degree, Theology at Durham UniversityPhD, Astronomy, PhD, Astronomy at University of Sussex
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (40)
markdown10
liquid10
writers9
ruby9
blog-engine9
static-site9
site-generator9
jekyll9
observer8
routes8
static-site-generator8
erb7
rails7
jekyll-theme7
ruby-on-rails7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
anthonyjsmith/pIDLy
Jun 2012 - Apr 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 7 pushes in 4 years 10 months
idlpython
anthonyjsmith/anthonyjsmith.github.io
Feb 2014 - Jan 2023
Contributions:678 commits, 618 pushes in 9 years
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