William Robertson Smith
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Scottish orientalist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1846–1894)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Lectures and Essays
- Old Testament in the Jewish Church. 12 Lects. on Biblical Criticism
- Encyclopædia Britannica : A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature
- Professor Robertson Smith on the Pentateuch [a Reply to the Old Testament in the Jewish Church]
- Lectures on the Religion of the Semites (Second and Third Series)
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- Total plays
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,861x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,627x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,803x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,287x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,507x
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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
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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
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- 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
