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Bill Smith (poet)
William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to: Academics * William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) (1556–1615), English academic * William Smith (antiquary) (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University College, Oxford * William Smith (scholar) (1711–1787), classical scholar and Anglican Dean of Chester * William Smith (Episcopal priest) (1727–1803), First Provost of the University of Pennsylvania * William Pitt Smith (1760–1796), American physician, educator and theological writer * William Smith (lexicographer) (1813–1893), English lexicographer * William Robertson Smith (1846–1894), philologist, physicist, archaeologist, and Biblical critic * William Benjamin Smith (1850–1934), professor of mathematics at Tulane University * William Ramsay Smith (1859–1937), Australian anthropologist * William Hall Smith (1866–?), President of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916–1920 * William Cunningham Smith (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smith (Master Of Clare College, Cambridge)
William Smith, D.D. (1556-1615) was an English academic. Smith was born in Princes Risborough and educated at Eton College. He entered King's College, Cambridge in 1573, graduating B.A in 1578 and M.A in 1581. He was Fellow of Kings from 1576 to 1586. Smith was ordained a priest in the Church of England and was Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth then King James. He held incumbencies at Kingston, Halstead, Barfield and Willingham. He was Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1966 by Clare College, Clare Hall is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students alongside postdoctoral researchers and fellows. It ... from 1598 until 1612; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge during 1602; and Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1612 until his death on 26 March 1615. References People educated at Eton College Masters of Clare College, Cambridge Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |