William Robertson Smith
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Scottish orientalist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Robertson Smith was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica and contributor to the Encyclopaedia Biblica. He is also known for his book Religion of the Semites, which is considered a foundational text in the comparative study of religion.
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