William Smith (lexicographer)

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19th-century scholar British person biographer classicist editor lexicographer

William Smith was a 19th-century Scottish lexicographer best known for his influential Latin-English and Greek-English dictionaries and classical reference works.

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William Smith (author)	1
William Smith (philologist)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century scholar ⓘ British person ⓘ biographer ⓘ classicist ⓘ editor ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	classical education in the English-speaking world ⓘ
birthDate	1813 ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	19th century ⓘ
contributedTo	popularization of classical knowledge in English ⓘ
deathDate	1893 ⓘ
era	Victorian era ⓘ
fieldOfWork	classical philology ⓘ classical studies ⓘ lexicography ⓘ reference publishing ⓘ
genre	biographical reference ⓘ dictionary ⓘ encyclopedic reference ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
influenced	19th-century classical scholarship ⓘ study of Greek in British schools ⓘ study of Latin in British schools ⓘ
knownFor	Greek–English dictionaries ⓘ Latin–English dictionaries ⓘ biographical dictionaries of classical antiquity ⓘ classical reference works ⓘ
languageOfWork	Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ Latin ⓘ
name	William Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ Scottish ⓘ
notability	produced standard classical reference works used for generations ⓘ
notableWork	A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities NERFINISHED ⓘ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek–English Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin–English Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	classical scholar ⓘ editor ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ
specialization	Greco-Roman biography ⓘ Greco-Roman history ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ classical mythology ⓘ
subjectOf	studies in the history of classical scholarship ⓘ

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