Robert Smith
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Robert Smith (1689–1768) was a male mathematician, musicologist, music theorist, and theologian from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Born in Lea and baptized on 16 October 1689, he was educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where he also served as an employee. His doctoral advisor was Roger Cotes. Smith died in Cambridge on 2 February 1768.
He was a member of the Royal Society, which recognized him in its collection, and received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. His work is described by the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Smith wrote in the English language.
A separate entity named Robert Smith is a male artist from the United States associated with genres including acoustic rock, folk rock, indie, and indie folk. This artist is tagged with Gothic, pop, post-punk, rock, and alternative styles on Last.fm.
Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1905
- Works
- 31
Top works
- Fairweather
- Writing fiction
- Sports
- Babe Ruth's America
- Baseball: a historical narrative of the game
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 61,409
- Total plays
- 282,889
Tags
Robert James Smith (born April 21, 1959 in Blackpool, England), a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, has been the lead singer and driving force behind English post-punk band The Cure since its founding in 1976. Highly influenced by The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and even David Bowie he started playing guitar at the age of 12. Smith has played the 6 and 12 string guitars; 4 and 6 string bass guitars; double bass; piano; drums; violin; trumpet and trombone, in various combinations. <a href="https://w
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,762x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,528x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,650x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,809x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,301x
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Quotes
- “A couple of years ago, we went to Eurodisney. That too was bearable, although it was a bit weird when Mickey Mouse came to ask for an autograph. (Humo Magazine, 2000)”
- “But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine. (Guitar Player magazine 1992)”
- “I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point? (The Hit magazine 1985)”
- “I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore. (L'Express newspaper 2000)”
- “I don't understand this obsession with banging out records. What a stupid attitude! Like the world is holding its breath waiting for the next Cure album. It isn't. (Papermag Paper Daily 1996)”
- “I have a bag full of words, and when one of us comes up with a good piece of music, I look in the bag to see if anything there will fit. If nothing does, I sit down and try to put down on paper what the music makes me feel; very rarely will a piece of writing inspire a piece of music. (CANOE 1996)”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Lea
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- music theorist
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Employer
- Trinity College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Roger Cotes
- Image
- Robertsmith1689-1768.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1689-10-00
- date of death
- 1768-02-02
- member of
- Royal Society
- date of baptism
- 1689-10-16
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Robert Smith (mathematician)
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Article · Italiano
Robert Smith (1689 – Cambridge, 2 febbraio 1768) è stato un matematico e teorico della musica britannico. È nato probabilmente a Lea, vicino Gainsborough. È entrato nel Trinity College nel 1708, diventandone nel 1739 e Master nel 1742. Ha ricoperto la carica di Professore Plumiano di astronomia e filosofia sperimentale dal 1716 al 1760. Ha pubblicato i libri A Compleat System of Opticks nel 1738 Harmonics, or, The Philosophy of Musical Sounds nel 1749. Come matematico, è rimasto noto per l'. Alla sua memoria era dedicato il premio Smith dell'Università di Cambridge, nato da una donazione all'università di 3500 sterline in azioni della South Sea Company.
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