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Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894 (Personal Name)

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Preferred form: Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894

Used for/see from:

Smīth, Rūbirtsūn, 1846-1894
Earlier heading: Smith, William Robertson, 1846-1894

Notes

Ḥāmid, al-S. al-Qarābah ʻinda Ibn Khaldūn wa-Rūbirtsūn Smīth, 1984?: t.p. (Rūbirtsūn Smīth)

Lectures on the religion of the Semites, 2013: cover (W. Robertson Smith)

Britannica.com WWW site, viewed Aug. 30, 2013: article web page (William Robertson Smith; born Nov. 8, 1846, Keig, Aberdeenshire, Scot.; died March 31, 1894, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.; Scottish Semitic scholar, encyclopaedist, and student of comparative religion and social anthropology; appointed joint editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1881; moved to Edinburgh where he wrote two books; held academic positions at Cambridge University from 1883; wrote an article and additional book while in Cambridge)