William Robertson Smith

William Robertson Smith 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.

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Who was born first?

• William Robertson Smith and Raoul Pictet were born the same year
• William Robertson Smith and Edward Charles Pickering were born the same year
• William Robertson Smith and Gösta Mittag-Leffler were born the same year
• William Robertson Smith and Oskar Backlund were born the same year
• William Robertson Smith and Antonio Abetti were born the same year

Timeline

1. Antonio AbettiJune 19, 1846 – February 20, 1928
2. Edward Charles PickeringJuly 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919
3. Gösta Mittag-LefflerMarch 16, 1846 – July 7, 1927
4. Oskar BacklundApril 28, 1846 – August 29, 1916
5. Raoul PictetApril 4, 1846 – July 27, 1929
6. William Robertson Smith (this page)November 8, 1846 – March 31, 1894

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