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.
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Europeana Sparql, VIAF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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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
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
