| LC control no. | n 79007049 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894 |
| Variant(s) | Smīth, Rūbirtsūn, 1846-1894 Smith, William Robertson, 1846-1894 |
| Associated place | Cambridge, England |
| Located | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Birth date | 1846-11-08 |
| Death date | 1894-03-31 |
| Place of birth | Keig, Scotland |
| Place of death | Cambridge, England |
| Field of activity | Religions Ethnology |
| Affiliation | Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc. University of Cambridge |
| Profession or occupation | Semitists Editors Encyclopedists Authors |
| Found in | 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) |
| Associated language | eng |
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