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      • Sir William Smith (20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer. He became known for his advances in the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools.
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  2. Sir William Smith (20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer. He became known for his advances in the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools.

  3. William Smith. (1813–1893) →. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item. Kt.; English lexicographer; editor of the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology and Smith's Bible Dictionary. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

  4. SIR WILLIAM SMITH (1813-1893), English lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents. He was originally destined for a theological career, but instead was articled to a solicitor.

  5. Dec 29, 2020 · SMITH, Sir WILLIAM (1813–1893), lexicographer, born in 1813, was the eldest son of William Smith of Enfield. His parents were nonconformists. Philip Smith [q. v.] was a younger brother.

  6. Jun 27, 2018 · The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1867, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia / biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 pages. It is a classic work of 19th-century lexicography.

  7. Smith, Sir William (1813-1893). -- Lexicographer, ed. at Univ. Coll., London, was a contributor to the Penny Magazine and compiled or ed. many useful works of reference, including Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1842), and dictionaries of the Bible, of Christian Antiquities, and Christian Biography, etc., also various school series ...

  8. remarkable, achievements of William Smith, who from 1838 till his death in 1893 wrote, edited or contributed to dozens of reference works and textbooks, including the three large classical dictionaries which first appeared between 1840 and 1857, and for which he is now

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