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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smyth, William, 1765-1849 NRA: Smyth William (1765-1849) historian and poet DNB: Smyth, William (1765-1849), historian LBT ID: WiSmyth1849 VIAF ID: 54930764 LOC ID: n79089812 | B/BAP: 1765 DIED: 1849-06-24 |
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The son of a Liverpool banker, he was educated at Eton and Peterhouse, Cambridge, and was
Professor of Modern History at Cambridge (1807). He published of English
Lyricks (1797) and Lectures on Modern History
(1840). | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Smyth: William Roscoe to William Smyth, [June? 1808] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) William Roscoe to William Smyth, [2 January 1831] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) | |
