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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 116,352 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). William Robertson Smith is the 3,677th most popular writer (down from 2,938th in 2019), the 2,622nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,213th in 2019) and the 296th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Lectures on the religion of the Semites
Semitic cults, Religion, Sacrifice
1889
The Old Testament in the Jewish church
Criticism, interpretation, Bible, Judaism
1881
Lectures & essays
Science, Theology, Accessible book
1912
The prophets of Israel and their place in history to the close of the eighth century B.C
Prophets, Bible, Theology
1882
Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia
Social conditions, Marriage, History
1885

Page views of William Robertson Smiths by language

Over the past year William Robertson Smith has had the most page views in the with 15,608 views, followed by Italian (1,800), and Spanish (1,793). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (60.47%), Southern Azerbaijani (48.00%), and Indonesian (26.20%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Robertson Smith ranks 3,677 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Jungk, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, John Flanagan, Helen Churchill Candee, Gyula Krúdy, and Gaston Rébuffat. After him are Milán Füst, René Huyghe, Berdi Kerbabayev, Nichita Stănescu, Viktor Nekrasov, and Concepción Arenal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, William Robertson Smith ranks 72. Before him are Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Max von Hausen, Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Anna Kingsford, Lewis Boss, and Marie Popelin. After him are Basil III of Constantinople, Friedrich Paulsen, Johann Most, Whitcomb L. Judson, Giuseppe De Nittis, and Emil Warburg. Among people deceased in 1894, William Robertson Smith ranks 55. Before him are Philipp Spitta, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Franjo Rački, Rafael Núñez, Jubal Early, and Juventino Rosas. After him are Juan N. Méndez, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Maria Deraismes, Charles Laval, Gillis Bildt, and Caterina Volpicelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robertson Smith ranks 2,622 out of 8,785. Before him are C. P. Snow (1905), Bill Ivy (1942), Quentin Blake (1932), Kit Harington (1986), Peggy Ashcroft (1907), and Billy Meredith (1874). After him are Steve Perryman (1951), Patrick Manson (1844), Thomas Telford (1757), John Turner (1929), Cedric Hardwicke (1893), and Richard Armitage (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Robertson Smith ranks 296. Before him are Edith Durham (1863), George Gissing (1857), Graham Hancock (1950), I. A. Richards (1893), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), and Siegfried Sassoon (1886). After him are Diana Mosley (1910), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Nancy Mitford (1904), Constance Lloyd (1858), Georgette Heyer (1902), and Ian Rankin (1960).

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