William Robertson Smith
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Scottish orientalist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1846–1894)
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William Robertson Smith was a male author, editor, and semitist born in 1846 and deceased in 1894. His professional activities encompassed the fields of religions and ethnology. He is also identified as an encyclopedist.
Smith held nationalities associated with GB and XXK. He wrote in the English language. His body of work includes one recorded item.
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Within Vinony's link graph, William Robertson Smith is referenced by 100 other articles, and connects out to Johann Jakob Bachofen, kinship and University of Aberdeen.
Vinony files it under 1846 births, 1894 deaths and 19th-century biblical scholars.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1846–1894
- Nationality
- GB, XXK
- Role / Field
- Semitists, Encyclopedists, Editors, Authors, Religions, Ethnology
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 21 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Aberdeenshire
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- biblical scholar
- Educated at
- University of Aberdeen
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Student of
- Paul de Lagarde
- Doctoral student
- James George Frazer
- Image
- WilliamRobertsonSmith.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- William Robertson Smith
- date of death
- 1894-03-31
- date of birth
- 1846-11-08
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- member of
- Royal Society of Edinburgh
- manner of death
- natural causes
- contributed to creative work
- Dictionary of National Biography
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- writing language
- English language
- different from
- William Smith
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to William Robertson Smith, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
