William Smellie
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William Smellie was an 18th-century Scottish printer, editor, and naturalist best known for overseeing and shaping the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Smellie canonical | 3 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
biographer
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editor ⓘ encyclopedist ⓘ human ⓘ naturalist ⓘ printer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1740-02-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfPublicationOfNotableWork |
The Philosophy of Natural History
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surface form:
The Philosophy of Natural History (1790)
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| deathDate | 1795-06-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
High School of Edinburgh
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surface form:
Royal High School, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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surface form:
Encyclopaedia Britannica (first edition)
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| fieldOfWork |
editing
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encyclopedias ⓘ natural history ⓘ printing ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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natural history ⓘ reference works ⓘ |
| knownFor |
overseeing the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
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shaping the editorial plan of the first Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| name | William Smellie self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Scots ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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surface form:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, first edition
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| occupation |
biographer
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editor ⓘ encyclopedist ⓘ naturalist ⓘ printer ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| participatedIn | compilation of the first edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Greyfriars Kirkyard ⓘ |
| residence | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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surface form:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, first edition (1768–1771)
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| wrote |
Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of William Smellie
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The Philosophy of Natural History ⓘ |
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