William Smith
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lawyer, congressman, the 30th and 35th Governor of Virginia (1796–1887)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1813
- Died
- 1893
- Works
- 479
Top works
- A smaller history of Rome
- Principia latina.--Part 1.
- The history of the decline and the fall of the Roman Empire
- Periēgētēs Athēnōn
- A new self-pronouncing dictionary of the Bible
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
acoustic rockamericanfolk rockindieindie folkindie pop
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,355
- Total plays
- 11,722
Tags
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William Smith (born and raised in New Jersey) is an American singer-songwriter. With a folk-pop, acoustic style, Smith draws heavily on the 1970s tradition, yet captures the best of the acoustic revolution of the 1990s. His albums include "Looking Forward to Looking Back" (1997) and "Unvarnished" (1999). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William+Smith">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- King George County
- Place of death
- Warrenton
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- Governor of Virginia
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Military branch
- infantry
- Military rank
- major general
- Image
- Extra Billy Smith-Virginia.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- place of burial
- Hollywood Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1797-09-06
- date of death
- 1887-05-18
- name in native language
- William Smith
- Commons category
- William Smith (Virginia governor)
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