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Also known as Robert Sidney Smith

British historian of Africa (1919-2009)

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Vinony's link graph records 10 inbound references to Robert Smith, and connects out to London, Nigeria and England.

It is catalogued under topics including 1919 births, 2009 deaths and 20th-century Nigerian historians.

Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Born
1905
Works
31

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1969-08-06
Active to
2003-10-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
61,409
Total plays
282,889

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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Robert
Family name
Smith
Gender
male
Citizenship
Nigeria
Place of birth
United Kingdom
Place of death
London
Occupation
historian
Languages spoken
Nigerian Pidgin
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date of death
2009-11-29
date of birth
1919-01-31
Commons category
Robert Smith
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