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William Robertson Smith

Scottish orientalist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland

1846 - 1894

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His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). William Robertson Smith is the 3,659th most popular writer (up from 3,675th in 2024), the 2,909th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,622nd in 2019) and the 331st most popular British Writer.

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William Robertson Smith's biography spans 22 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.84.

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Among Writers

Among writers, William Robertson Smith ranks 3,659 out of 7,707. Before him are Aurora Mardiganian, Claude Bourgelat, Olga Orozco, Howard Pyle, Shibli Nomani, and Václav Hanka. After him are Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Nonius Marcellus, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, Marie-Joseph Chénier, Carmen Laforet, and Peter Andreas Heiberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, William Robertson Smith ranks 75. Before him are Johann Most, Ignaz Brüll, Charles Stewart Parnell, Giuseppe De Nittis, Vladimir Makovsky, and Seth Carlo Chandler. After him are Lewis Boss, Anna Katharine Green, Anna Kingsford, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Sophie Menter, and Prince Komatsu Akihito. Among people deceased in 1894, William Robertson Smith ranks 57. Before him are Brian Houghton Hodgson, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Conrad of Parzham, and Kim Okkyun. After him are Juan N. Méndez, Karl von Blaas, Juventino Rosas, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Émile Henry, and Edmond Frémy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robertson Smith ranks 2,909 out of 9,870. Before him are Poppy Morgan (1983), Harriet Walter (1950), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), James A. Robinson (1960), Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), and Charles Barry (1795). After him are Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), Jon Finch (1942), Paul Simonon (1955), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Alexander William Williamson (1824), and Johann von Lamont (1805).

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Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Robertson Smith ranks 331. Before him are E. W. Hornung (1866), Arthur Waley (1889), Edward William Lane (1801), Nevil Shute (1899), Alma Reville (1899), and Charles Lock Eastlake (1793). After him are Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Rupert Brooke (1887), Ian Rankin (1960), Mary Sidney (1561), Leslie Stephen (1832), and Georgette Heyer (1902).

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