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William Robertson Smith
Born8 November 1846
Keig, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died31 March 1894(1894-03-31) (aged 47)
Cambridge, England
OccupationMinister of religion, theologian, Semitic scholar
Alma materNew College, Edinburgh
Notable worksReligion of the Semites

William Robertson Smith FRSE (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. He is also known for his book Religion of the Semites, which is considered a foundational text in the comparative study of religion.

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