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Sir William Smith (the 20th of May 1813 - the 7th of October 1893) was an English lexicographer known for producing major reference dictionaries on classical antiquity, the Bible, and Christian history, and for improving the teaching of Greek and Latin in British schools.
Smith published A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1842), the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849), a Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), a 1,214-page Latin-English Dictionary (1855), the Dictionary of the Bible (1860-1865), the Dictionary of Christian Antiquities (1875-1880), and the Dictionary of Christian Biography (1877-1887).
Smith was born in Enfield in 1813 and attended the Madras House school in Hackney. He later entered University College London, where he won both the Greek and Latin prizes, and was entered at Gray's Inn in 1830.
Smith became editor of the Quarterly Review in 1867 and held that post until his death in 1893.
Smith was named a DCL by both the University of Oxford and Trinity College Dublin. A knighthood was conferred on him in 1892, a year before his death.
Smith is buried in a family grave on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery in London. He died on the 7th of October 1893.