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William Robertson Smith

1846 - 1894

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William Robertson Smith (8 November 1846 – 31 March 1894) was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica and contributor to the Encyclopaedia Biblica. He is also known for his book Religion of the Semites, which is considered a foundational text in the comparative study of religion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Robertson Smith is the 3,652nd most popular writer (up from 3,677th in 2019), the 2,901st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,623rd in 2019) and the 330th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, William Robertson Smith ranks 3,652 out of 7,302. Before him are Aurora Mardiganian, Claude Bourgelat, Olga Orozco, Howard Pyle, Shibli Nomani, and Václav Hanka. After him are Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Nonius Marcellus, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, Marie-Joseph Chénier, Carmen Laforet, and Peter Andreas Heiberg.

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Among people born in 1846, William Robertson Smith ranks 75. Before him are Johann Most, Ignaz Brüll, Charles Stewart Parnell, Giuseppe De Nittis, Vladimir Makovsky, and Seth Carlo Chandler. After him are Lewis Boss, Anna Katharine Green, Anna Kingsford, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Sophie Menter, and Hayranidil Kadın. Among people deceased in 1894, William Robertson Smith ranks 56. Before him are Gall, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, and Conrad of Parzham. After him are Juan N. Méndez, Karl von Blaas, Juventino Rosas, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Émile Henry, and Edmond Frémy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robertson Smith ranks 2,902 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Leach (1910), Poppy Morgan (1983), Harriet Walter (1950), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), and Charles Barry (1795). After him are Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), Jon Finch (1942), Paul Simonon (1955), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Alexander William Williamson (1824), and Johann von Lamont (1805).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Robertson Smith ranks 330. Before him are E. W. Hornung (1866), Arthur Waley (1889), Edward William Lane (1801), Nevil Shute (1899), Alma Reville (1899), and Charles Lock Eastlake (1793). After him are Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Rupert Brooke (1887), Ian Rankin (1960), Mary Sidney (1561), Leslie Stephen (1832), and Georgette Heyer (1902).

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