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William Robertson Smith
Scottish orientalist and minister of the free church of scotland (1846–1894).
Born November 8th, 1846 in Aberdeenshire.
Died March 31st, 1894 at 47 years old in Cambridge (tuberculosis).
Occupations
anthropologist, archaeologist, biblical scholar, historian of religion, librarian, linguist, physicist, theologian, university teacher, writer
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