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    William Smellie FRSE FSA Scot (1740–1795) was a Scottish printer who edited the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was also a naturalist...
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  • William Smellie may refer to: William Smellie (encyclopedist) (1740–1795), Scottish encyclopedist William Smellie (obstetrician) (1697–1763), obstetrician...
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  • the 1860s William Smellie (encyclopedist) (1740–95), Scottish master printer, naturalist, antiquary, editor and encyclopedist William Smellie (geologist)...
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    College of Justice John Skene, Lord Curriehill (died 1617) William Smellie (encyclopedist) (1740–1795) creator of the Encyclopædia Britannica Sir James...
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  • of The Great British Bake Off 2020 Piers Sellers, astronaut William Smellie, encyclopedist Sir Edward Victor Appleton, former Principal and Vice-Chancellor...
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  • architect, planner of the New Town, Edinburgh (born 1744) 24 June – William Smellie, encyclopedist and naturalist (born 1740) 10 December – John Johnstone, nabob...
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  • astronomer and mathematician (died 1784) unknown – William Smellie, Scottish naturalist and encyclopedist (died 1795) March 23 – Olof Rudbeck the Younger...
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    second edition (1777–1784). He was paid less than his predecessor, William Smellie, and it is possible he was engaged because one of the Britannica's...
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  • United States) William Davidson, settler, lumberman, shipbuilder and politician in New Brunswick (died 1790 in Canada) William Smellie, master printer...
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  • Bihéron, French anatomist (born 1719) June 24 – William Smellie, Scottish naturalist and encyclopedist (born 1740) July 3 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish explorer...
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    James Craig, Scottish architect (b. 1739) June 24 – William Smellie, Scottish printer and encyclopedist (b. 1740) July 3 Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French...
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  • Henry Oliphant Smeaton (1856–1914), biographer and children's writer William Smellie (1740–1795), antiquary and encyclopaedist Samuel Smiles (1812–1904)...
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