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
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REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Smyth:
Lectures on Modern History. Found 1.
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Lectures on History; second and concluding Series, on the French
Revolution. Found 1.
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English Lyrics. Found 1.
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Ode: performed in the Senate-House at Cambridge, June 29, 1811, at the
Installation of His Royal Highness William Frederick Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh,
Chancellor of the University. Found 1.
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