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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Robertson Smith has received more than 119,815 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). William Robertson Smith is the 2,949th most popular writer (down from 2,757th in 2019), the 2,219th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,075th in 2019) and the 254th most popular British Writer.

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  • 51.75

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Robertson Smith ranks 2,949 out of 5,755. Before him are Longchenpa, Nikolay Nosov, Nemesianus, Borislav Pekić, Grigor Parlichev, and Neal Stephenson. After him are Peter Bieri, Gabriela Zapolska, Adrienne Rich, Yu Kil-chun, Sebastian Franck, and Michael Bond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, William Robertson Smith ranks 59. Before him are Charles Stewart Parnell, Albert Apponyi, Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Seth Carlo Chandler, Raoul Pictet, and Vladimir Makovsky. After him are Princess Marguerite of Orléans, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Amalie Skram, Holger Drachmann, Karl Verner, and Carlos Pellegrini. Among people deceased in 1894, William Robertson Smith ranks 42. Before him are Heinrich Hoffmann, Auguste Vaillant, Émile Henry, Walter Pater, Marietta Alboni, and Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz. After him are William Waddington, Juventino Rosas, Pavel Yablochkov, Philipp Spitta, Charles Laval, and Amelia Bloomer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robertson Smith ranks 2,219 out of 7,765. Before him are John Owen (1616), Lindsay Duncan (1950), Midge Ure (1953), Philip Stone (1924), Shakin' Stevens (1948), and Andy Murray (1987). After him are John Hadley (1682), Michael Bond (1926), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Caroline Graham (1931), John Brunner (1934), and Samuel Clarke (1675).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Robertson Smith ranks 254. Before him are Peter James (1948), Richard Baxter (1615), Marjorie Boulton (1924), Peter Mayle (1939), George Herbert (1593), and J. B. Priestley (1894). After him are Michael Bond (1926), Caroline Graham (1931), John Brunner (1934), Charles Lamb (1775), Nick Hornby (1957), and Anthony Horowitz (1955).

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